{"product_id":"double-agent-the-first-hero-of-world-war-ii-and-how-the-fbi-outwitted-and-destroyed-a-nazi-spy-ring-9781451667967","title":"Double Agent: The First Hero of World War II and How the FBI Outwitted and Destroyed a Nazi Spy Ring","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe never-before-told tale of the German-American who infiltrated New York's Nazi underground in the days leading up to World War II: \"Thrilling, well-researched, well-told, fascinating\" (\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe was the first hero of World War II and yet the American public has never seen his face. William G. Sebold, a naturalized American of German birth, risked his life to become the first double agent in the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He spent sixteen months in the Nazi underground of New York City, consorting with a colorful cast of spies. Sebold was at the center of the most sophisticated investigation yet devised by the FBI, which established a short-wave radio station on Long Island to communicate with Hamburg spymasters and set up a \"research office\" in Times Square that allowed agents hidden behind a two-way mirror to film meetings conducted between Sebold and the spy suspects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result was the arrest and conviction of thirty-three spies, still the largest espionage case in American history. The guilty verdicts were announced in Brooklyn federal court just hours after Adolf Hitler declared war on the United States on December 11, 1941, which meant that the Führer could not call upon a small army of embedded spies and saboteurs during the most trying days of the coming struggle. \"As you know,\" an FBI official later told J. Edgar Hoover, \"Sebold gave us the most outstanding case in Bureau history.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDouble Agent\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Duffy tells this full account. Here is a story \"rich with eccentric characters, suspense, and details of spycraft in the war's early days....The result is a compelling cultural history with all the intricacy and intrigue of a good spy novel\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Duffy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451667967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Duffy is the author of \u003ci\u003eDouble Agent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bielski Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Killing of Major Denis Mahon\u003c\/i\u003e. He also works as a freelance journalist and writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other outlets. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter. Visit his website at PeterDuffy.net.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44939204788339,"sku":"9781451667967","price":26.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_45642180-f181-43fc-a4a5-f3b72a0b955f.jpg?v=1778251180","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/double-agent-the-first-hero-of-world-war-ii-and-how-the-fbi-outwitted-and-destroyed-a-nazi-spy-ring-9781451667967","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}