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Author:

Wright, Robert A. (Robert Anthony), 1960-

Title:

Our man in Tehran : the true story behind the secret mission to save six Americans during the Iran Hostage Crisis and the foreign ambassador who worked with the CIA to bring them home / Robert Wright.

Edition:

Other Press ed.

Publisher:

Other Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010, 2011

Description:

xxvi, 406 p. ; ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Taylor, Kenneth,--1934-
Diplomats--United States.
Escapes--Iran.
Diplomatic and consular service, Canadian--Iran.
Diplomatic and consular service, American--Iran.
United States--Foreign relations--Iran.
Iran--Foreign relations--United States.
Ambassadors--Canada--Biography.

Notes:

"First published in Canada in 2010 by HaperCollins Publishers Ltd"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-394) and index.

Summary:

Wright puts newly unclassified documents to use in recounting how Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor hid six Americans who had slipped out a side door and gathered intelligence for the U.S. government during the Iran Hostage Crisis.

ISBN:

1590514130
9781590514139

OCLC:

(OCoLC)609529990

LCCN:

2010020376

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)