Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent - Couverture souple

Atwood, Kathryn J.; Witherington Cornioley, Pearl

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1613731582 ISBN 13 : 9781613731581

Editeur : Chicago Review Press, 2015

Synopsis

An NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People

There was a full moon on the evening of September 22, 1943, when Pearl Witherington, age 29, parachuted into France to aid the French Resistance as a special agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). Out of the 400 agents sent to France during the German occupation, 39 were women. Pearl, whom the SOE called "cool and resourceful and extremely determined" and "the best shot, male or female, we have yet had," became one of the most celebrated female World War II resistance fighters.

In Code Name Pauline Pearl describes in a series of plainspoken reminiscences her difficult childhood and harrowing escape from France in 1940; her recruitment and training as a special agent; the logistics and dangers of posing as a cosmetics saleswoman to make her way around the country as an undercover courier; and both failed and successful attempts at sabotaging the Nazis. She tells how, when the leader of her network was caught by the Gestapo, she became "Pauline" and rose to command a 3,500-strong band of French Resistance fighters.

With an annotated list of key figures, an appendix of original unedited interview extracts--including Pearl's husband Henri's story--and never-before-published photographs from Pearl's personal collection, Code Name Pauline will captivate World War II buffs of any age and, just as Pearl wished, inspire young people.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Pearl Witherington Cornioley (1914-2008) worked for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) as a special agent and with the French Resistance as an undercover courier and later a network leader of 3,500 men. She was instrumental in carrying out numerous acts of espionage and sabotage. Kathryn J. Atwood is the author of Women Heroes of World War I and Women Heroes of World War II. Visit her online at www.kathrynatwood.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chicago Review Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1613731582
• ISBN 13: 9781613731581
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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