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03647aam a22004458i 4500 001 7369EFEC440211EF98CC15ED37ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240717010108 008 240418s2024 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2024013142 020 $a 0063280841 020 $a 9780063280847 035 $a (OCoLC)1430574329 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d MJ8 $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e------ $a e------ 050 00 $a D810 S7 G68 2024 100 1 $a Graham, Elyse, $d 1985- $e author. $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjCrXYCHt7kMB9CPqb4Yvb 245 10 $a Book and dagger : $b how scholars and librarians became the unlikely spies of World War II / $c Elyse Graham. 246 30 $a How scholars and librarians became the unlikely spies of World War II 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Ecco, $c 2024. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The Spy Who Came in from the Carrel -- A Girl's Guide to Burglary -- Through the Looking Glass -- Too Clever to Be Trapped by a Woman -- Breaking Codes and Reading Trash -- The Dirtiest Work That Can Possibly Be Imagined -- Surrender on Demand -- The Longest Day -- Lies and Damned Lies -- Searching for a New Plot. 520 $a "The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the war At the start of WWII, the US found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today's CIA, was quickly formed-and, in an effort to fill its ranks with experts, the OSS turned to academia for recruits. Suddenly, literature professors, librarians, and historians were training to perform undercover operations and investigative work-and these surprising spies would go on to profoundly shape both the course of the war and our cultural institutions with their efforts. In Book and Dagger, Elyse Graham draws on personal histories, diaries, and declassified OSS files to tell the story of a small but connected group of humanities scholars turned unlikely spies. Among them are Joseph Curtiss, a literature professor who hunted down German spies and turned them into double agents; Sherman Kent, a smart-mouthed history professor who rose to become the head of analysis for all of Europe and Africa; and Adele Kibre, an archivist who was sent to Stockholm to secretly acquire documents for the OSS. These unforgettable characters would ultimately help lay the foundations of modern intelligence and transform American higher education when they returned after the war. Thrillingly paced and rigorously researched, Book and Dagger is an inspiring and gripping true story about a group of academics who helped beat the Nazis-a tale that reveals the indelible power of humanities to change the world"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a United States. $b Office of Strategic Services $x Officials and employees $v Biography. 650 0 $a Spies $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Secret service $z United States. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Secret service $z Europe. 650 0 $a Espionage, American $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a College teachers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Librarians $z United States $v Biography. 600 10 $a Curtiss, Joseph T., $d 1901-1992. 600 10 $a Kibre, Adele. 600 10 $a Kent, Sherman. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240717031117.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7369EFEC440211EF98CC15ED37ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search