Format:
Online-Ressource (357 p)
ISBN:
9780300098464
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- A Short Course in Codes and Ciphers -- How Yardley Wrote His Best-Seller -- All-American Boy -- His Life's Work -- A History of American Intelligence before Yardley -- A Rival -- Staffers, Shorthand, and Secret Ink -- The Executive -- Morning in New York -- Yardley's Triumph -- The Fruits of His Victory -- The Busy Suburbanite -- End of a Dream -- The Best-Seller -- The Critics, the Effects -- Grub Street -- A Law Aimed at Yardley -- Hollywood -- China -- Canada -- A Restaurant of His Own -- Playing Poker -- The Measure of a Man -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""A Short Course in Codes and Ciphers""; ""How Yardley Wrote His Best-Seller""; ""All-American Boy""; ""His Life�s Work""; ""A History of American Intelligence before Yardley""; ""A Rival""; ""Staffers, Shorthand, and Secret Ink""; ""The Executive""; ""Morning in New York""; ""Yardley�s Triumph""; ""The Fruits of His Victory""; ""The Busy Suburbanite""; ""End of a Dream""; ""The Best-Seller""; ""The Critics, the Effects""; ""Grub Street""; ""A Law Aimed at Yardley""; ""Hollywood""; ""China""; ""Canada""; ""A Restaurant of His Own""; ""Playing Poker""
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""The Measure of a Man""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Illustration Credits""; ""Index""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300129885
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300098464
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Reader of Gentlemen's Mail : Herbert O. Yardley and American Intelligence
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
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Author information:
Kahn, David 1930-2024
