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Octavo, 440pp. Blue hardcover, black cloth spine, title on spine. First edition with full number line on copyright page. Blue end papers. In publishers dust jacket, fine condition, with $27.50 price on front flap. Inscribed by author Deke DeLoach on front free end paper: “To: Harvey, With appreciation for your great support for the Cultural Council, and for the Town of Hilton Head – and for your personal friendship. Deke. 8/11/95.”
Comments: Cartha DeLoach, known as Deke, was the deputy associate director of the FBI. He was the third most senior official at the FBI, after J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson. Shortly after the assassination of John Kennedy, President Johnson requested that DeLoach be assigned to the White House as an intermediary between himself and Hoover. Mr. DeLoach was considered a member of Johnson’s “inner circle,” with some historians believing that he provided Johnson with critical information on Barry Goldwater and Senator Robert Kennedy. Mr. DeLoach passed away in 2013.