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The lost spy : an American in Stalin's secret service / Andrew Meier.
| Author/creator | Meier, Andrew |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2008. |
| Description | x, 402 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | For half a century, the case of Isaiah Oggins, a 1920s New York intellectual brutally murdered in 1947 on Stalin's orders, remained hidden in the secret files of the KGB and the FBI--a footnote buried in the rubble of the Cold War. Then, in 1992, it surfaced briefly, when Boris Yeltsin handed over a deeply censored dossier to the White House. This book at last reveals the truth: Oggins was one of the first Americans to spy for the Soviets. Based on six years of international sleuthing, journalist Meier traces Oggins's rise in beguiling detail--a brilliant Columbia University graduate sent to run a safe house in Berlin and spy on the Romanovs in Paris and the Japanese in Manchuria--and his fall: death by poisoning in a KGB laboratory.--From publisher description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-380) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008019441 |
| ISBN | 9780393060973 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0393060977 (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | JN 6529.I6 M45 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |