The liberation of Marguerite Harrison : America's first female foreign intelligence agent / Elizabeth Atwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atwood, Elizabeth Ann, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harrison, Marguerite, 1878-1967.

Harrison, Marguerite.

United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Division--History.

United States.

United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Division.

Espionage, American--Germany--History--20th century.

Espionage, American.

Espionage, American--Soviet Union--History--20th century.

Women intelligence officers.

Spies.

History.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.

Soviet Union.

Politics and government.

Spies--United States--History--20th century.

Women intelligence officers--United States--Biography.

Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.

Intelligence officers.

Germany.

Baltimore (Md.)--Biography.

Baltimore (Md.).

Maryland--Baltimore.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

America's first female foreign intelligence agent

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2020]

Summary:

"In September 1918, World War I was nearing its end when Marguerite E. Harrison, a thirty-nine-year-old Baltimore socialite, wrote to the head of the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Division asking for a job. The director asked for clarification. Did she mean a clerical position? No, she told him. She wanted to be a spy. Harrison, a member of a prominent Baltimore family, usually got her way. She had founded a school for sick children and wangled her way onto the staff of the Baltimore Sun. Fluent in four languages and knowledgeable of Europe, she was confident she could gather information for the U.S. government. The MID director agreed to hire her, and Marguerite Harrison became America's first female foreign intelligence officer."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Fond of Adventure

2. Fit for a King

3. Bonds of Matrimony

4. Out on a Limb

5. In the Web

6. Agent B

7. Into Russia

8. Double Trouble

9. Through Difficulties to the Stars

10. "A Lady with a Mysterious Past"

11. "A Very Clever Woman"

12. Return to Russia

13. Desert Drama

14. Ebb Tide.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Atwood, Elizabeth, 1960- The liberation of Marguerite Harrison

ISBN:

9781682475270

1682475271

OCLC:

1151814681