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| Plot Summary of Undercover: Memoirs of an American Secret Agent |
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" E. Howard Hunt was one of the most intriguing characters of the Watergate scandal. He was a World War Two veteran and a CIA agent who, along with G. Gordon Liddy and others, was one of the "plumbers" so-called because they had been charged by President Nixon with "fixing leaks". The plumbers participated in the break-in at the Watergate Hotel. During the administration of President John F. Kennedy, he had helped plan the Bay of Pigs invasion, and he was accused of being involved in President Kennedy's assassination. Hunt would be convicted of burglary, wiretapping, and conspiracy, and he would serve 33 months in prison.
E. Howard Hunt was born on October 9, 1918 in Hamburg, New York. He graduated from Brown University in 1940, and served in the Navy, and Air Force. Hunt also wrote several spy novels under various pen names. Hunt joined the CIA in 1949, becoming station chief in Mexico City in 1950. During his time in the CIA, Hunt devised several plans to overthrow leaders of foreign countries, such as Jacobo Arbenz, the president of Guatemala, who were seen as threats to American interests. Hunt would become disillusioned by what he felt was President Kennedy's lack of courage in overthrowing Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba, and the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion would damage his promising career.
After his conviction in the Watergate break-in, Hunt would become angry that he had to go to prison for 33 months, while President Nixon was allowed to get off. "
Nathaniel Ford, Resident Scholar
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Plot
War/Cloak & Dagger story?
- Spying for secrets
War/Spying
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- spy
Age:
- long lived adults
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 (a significant amount)
City?
Yes
City:
- Washington D.C.
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Autobiography?
Yes
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more dialog than descript
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
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