Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II Teen & Young Adult College Guides A feast of modern fiction

A feast of modern fiction

Wallace Shawn

they return for the dog—only to find that the dogcatcher is looking for him

including such specimens as the Kissalipis who likes to kiss and the Pickett who pulls surprises out of her nose

Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II Teen & Young Adult College Guides A feast of modern fictionThe 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 U. S. 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