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WOMAN WHO SMASHED CODES: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE, SPIES, AND THE UNLIKELY HEROINE WHO OUTWITTED AMERICA'S ENEMIES
In 1916, At The Height Of World War I, Brilliant Shakespeare Expert Elizebeth Smith Went To Work For An Eccentric Tycoon On His Estate Outside Chicago. The Tycoon Had Close Ties To The U.S. Government, And He Soon Asked Elizebeth To Apply Her Language Skills To An Exciting New Venture: Code-Breaking. There She Met The Man Who Would Become Her Husband, Groundbreaking Cryptologist William Friedman. Though She And Friedman Are In Many Ways The "Adam And Eve" Of The Nsa, Elizebeth'S Story, Incredibly, Has Never Been Told.
In The Woman Who Smashed Codes, Jason Fagone Chronicles The Life Of This Extraordinary Woman, Who Played An Integral Role In Our Nation'S History For Forty Years. After World War I, Smith Used Her Talents To Catch Gangsters And Smugglers During Prohibi&
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In 1916, at the height of world war i, brilliant shakespeare expert elizebeth smith went to work for an eccentric tycoon on his estate outside chicago. The tycoon had close ties to the u.S. Government, and he soon asked elizebeth to apply her language skills to an exciting new venture: code-Breaking. There she met the man who would become her husband, groundbreaking cryptologist william friedman. Though she and friedman are in many ways the "Adam and eve" of the nsa, elizebeth'S story, incredibly, has never been told.In the woman who smashed codes, jason fagone chronicles the life of this extraordinary woman, who played an integral role in our nation'S history for forty years. After world war i, smith used her talents to catch gangsters and smugglers during prohibi
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- Article
- 100000140432
- Author Name
- Fagone,Jason
- Publisher
- HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS (US)
- Origin
- Imported
- Book Format
- TRADEPAPER
- Weight
- 0.3kg
- Length
- 20.3cm
- Width
- 13.5cm
- Height
- 2.6cm