The woman who smashed codes : a true story of love, spies, and the unlikely heroine who outwitted America's enemies.
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2017].
Format
Playaway
Edition
Unabridged.
ISBN
9781509459827 :
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 13 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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Keller Public Library - Playaways | AUDIO PLAYAWAY BIOGRAPHY FRIEDMAN | On Shelf |
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2017].
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
ISBN
9781509459827 :
Notes
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Title from container.
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"HD."
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"LIGHT."
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"Harper Audio."
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Previously released by HarperCollins Publishers.
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Release date supplied by publisher.
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Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
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One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
Participants/Performers
Performed by Cassandra Campbell.
Description
"In 1916, a young Quaker schoolteacher and poetry scholar named Elizebeth Smith was hired by an eccentric tycoon to find the secret messages he believed were embedded in Shakespeare's plays. She moved to the tycoon's lavish estate outside of Chicago expecting to spend her days poring through old books. But the rich man's close ties to the U.S. government, and the urgencies of war, quickly transformed Elizebeth's mission. She soon learned to apply her skills to an exciting new venture: codebreaking -- the solving of secret messages without knowledge of the key. Working alongside her on the estate was William Friedman, a Jewish scientist who would become her husband and lifelong codebreaking partner. Elizebeth and William were in many ways the Adam and Eve of the National Security Agency, the U.S. institution that monitors and intercepts foreign communications to glean intelligence ... She helped catch gangsters and smugglers, exposed a Nazi spy ring in South America, and fought a clandestine battle of wits against Hitler's Reich, cracking multiple versions of the Enigma machine used by German operatives to conceal their communications. And through it all, she served as muse to her husband, a master of puzzles, who astonished friends and foes alike. Inside an army vault in Washington, he worked furiously to break Purple, the Japanese version of Enigma -- and eventually succeeded, at a terrible cost to his personal life."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Fagone, J., & Campbell, C. (2017). The woman who smashed codes: a true story of love, spies, and the unlikely heroine who outwitted America's enemies. (Unabridged.). Findaway World, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fagone, Jason and Cassndra, Campbell. 2017. The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies.. Findaway World, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fagone, Jason and Cassndra, Campbell. The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies. Findaway World, LLC, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Fagone, Jason,, and Cassndra Campbell. The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies. Unabridged., Findaway World, LLC, 2017.
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