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The Resource A game of birds and wolves : the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II, Simon Parkin
A game of birds and wolves : the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II, Simon Parkin
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The item A game of birds and wolves : the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II, Simon Parkin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.
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- Summary
- Combining vibrant novelistic storytelling with extensive research, interviews, and previously unpublished accounts, Simon Parkin describes for the first time the role that women played in developing the Allied strategy that, in the words of one admiral, "contributed in no small measure to the final defeat of Germany." Rich with unforgettable cinematic detail and larger-than-life characters, A Game of Birds and Wolves is a heart-wrenching tale of ingenuity, dedication, perseverance, and love, bringing to life the imagination and sacrifice required to defeat the Nazis at sea. -
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First US edition.
- Extent
- 309 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316492096
- Label
- A game of birds and wolves : the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II
- Title
- A game of birds and wolves
- Title remainder
- the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II
- Statement of responsibility
- Simon Parkin
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Combining vibrant novelistic storytelling with extensive research, interviews, and previously unpublished accounts, Simon Parkin describes for the first time the role that women played in developing the Allied strategy that, in the words of one admiral, "contributed in no small measure to the final defeat of Germany." Rich with unforgettable cinematic detail and larger-than-life characters, A Game of Birds and Wolves is a heart-wrenching tale of ingenuity, dedication, perseverance, and love, bringing to life the imagination and sacrifice required to defeat the Nazis at sea. -
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- SNR
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Parkin, Simon
- Dewey number
- 940.54/516
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D770
- LC item number
- .P38 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945
- Label
- A game of birds and wolves : the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II, Simon Parkin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-302) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1135867326
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First US edition.
- Extent
- 309 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316492096
- Lccn
- bl2020000334
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1135867326
- Label
- A game of birds and wolves : the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II, Simon Parkin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-302) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1135867326
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First US edition.
- Extent
- 309 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316492096
- Lccn
- bl2020000334
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1135867326
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