Beverly Gage

Beverly Gage is a professor of history at Yale University and the author of The Day Wall Street Exploded (Oxford, 2009). Her next book, a biography of J. Edgar Hoover, will be published by Viking.

America’s Long Hangover

America’s Long Hangover America’s Long Hangover

How did Prohibition turn into a law-enforcement extravaganza?

Apr 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage

Who Didn’t Kill JFK?

Who Didn’t Kill JFK? Who Didn’t Kill JFK?

Kennedy’s presidency and assassination seem more elusive as the decades pass.

Dec 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage

Behind the Bureau: On the FBI

Behind the Bureau: On the FBI Behind the Bureau: On the FBI

Tim Weiner’s Enemies is not so much a history of the FBI as a compendium of interesting historical material.

Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage

The Real J. Edgar

The Real J. Edgar The Real J. Edgar

Clint Eastwood's cinematic exploration of the FBI chief's rise to power is little more than a comforting myth.

Nov 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage

Indian Country, NY Indian Country, NY

A land-claim suit is pitting Oneidas against other upstate residents.

Nov 10, 2000 / Feature / Beverly Gage

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