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The wolves at the door : the true story of America's greatest female spy / Judith L. Pearson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pearson, Judith L., 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hall, Virginia, 1906-1982.
- Hall, Virginia.
- Spies--United States--Biography.
- Spies.
- Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.
- Intelligence officers.
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Guilford, CT : The Globe Pequot Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- The secret story of Virginia Hall, America's greatest World War II spy heroine.
- Contents:
- Intro
- THE WOLVES AT THE DOOR
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- 1 Altered Course
- 2 First Steps
- 3 A Vanished Dream
- 4 The Blitzkrieg
- 5 Vive la France
- 6 The Dark Years Begin
- 7 The Making of a Spy
- 8 Into the Wolves' Lair
- 9 Resistance Is Born
- 10 No Rest for the Weary
- 11 And the Walls Close In
- 12 Flight
- 13 Biding Time
- 14 Return to War
- 15 Le Jour J
- 16 Aux Armes, Citoyens
- 17 Death of the Wolf
- 18 The Dawn of a New World
- Epilogue
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-255) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4930-7868-2
- OCLC:
- 1378932937
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