Bibliograph

The woman all spies fear, code breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and her hidden life, Amy Butler Greenfield

Type

Label

The woman all spies fear, code breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and her hidden life, Amy Butler Greenfield

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-316) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

Ages 12+, Random House Children's BooksGrades 7-9, Random House Children's Books

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The woman all spies fear

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1275443815

Responsibility statement

Amy Butler Greenfield

Sub title

code breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and her hidden life

Summary

"In the summer of 1916, a young woman from Indiana set out to solve a mystery. It involved an oddball millionaire, a volume of Shakespeare{u2019}s plays, and the secret world of codes and ciphers. Within a year, she had transformed herself into one of America{u2019}s top code breakers. During World War I, Elizebeth Smith Friedman cracked thousands of messages, but that was only the beginning of her brilliant career. In the 1920s and 1930s, she pitter her wits against the mob. When World War II broke out, she hunted Nazi spies. Despite her fame, she was a woman of many secrets, and later she was pushed into the shadows. To get the true measure of her hidden life, you must delve deep, the way a code breaker would, searching for the truth that lies just out of sight. This biography by award-winning historian Amy Butler Greenfield is the riveting tale of an overlooked American heroine {u2013} a real-life mystery, love story, and feminist adventure."--, Inside front jacket flap

Target audience

juvenile

Classification