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020			_a9780062430489 _q(hardcover)
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092			_aFriedman E. _bF156
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100	1		_aFagone, Jason, _eauthor. _9236301
245	1	4	_aThe woman who smashed codes : _ba true story of love, spies, and the unlikely heroine who outwitted America's enemies / _cJason Fagone.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bDey St., an imprint of William Morrow, _c[2017]
264		4	_c©2017
300			_axvi, 444 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 347-427) and index.
520			_aTraces the life of Elizebeth Smith, who met and married groundbreaking cryptologist William Friedman and worked with him to discover and expose Nazi spy rings in South America by cracking multiple versions of the Enigma machine.
520			_a"In 1916, a young Quaker schoolteacher and poetry scholar named Elizebeth Smith was hired by an eccentric tycoon to find the secret messages he believed were embedded in Shakespeare's plays. She moved to the tycoon's lavish estate outside of Chicago expecting to spend her days poring through old books. But the rich man's close ties to the U.S. government, and the urgencies of war, quickly transformed Elizebeth's mission. She soon learned to apply her skills to an exciting new venture: codebreaking--the solving of secret messages without knowledge of the key. Working alongside her on the estate was William Friedman, a Jewish scientist who would become her husband and lifelong codebreaking partner. Elizebeth and William were in many ways the Adam and Eve of the National Security Agency, the U.S. institution that monitors and intercepts foreign communications to glean intelligence. In [this book, journalist] Jason Fagone chronicles the life of this extraordinary woman who played an integral role in our nation's history--from the Great War to the Cold War. He traces Elizebeth's developing career through World War I, Prohibition, and the struggle against fascism. She helped catch gangsters and smugglers, exposed a Nazi spy ring in South America, and fought a clandestine battle of wits against Hitler's Reich, cracking multiple versions of the Enigma machine used by German operatives to conceal their communications. And through it all, she served as muse to her husband, a master of puzzles, who astonished friends and foes alike. Inside an army vault in Washington, he worked furiously to break Purple, the Japanese version of Enigma--and eventually succeeded, at a terrible cost to his personal life. Fagone unveils for the first time America's codebreaking history through the prism of one remarkable woman's life, bringing into focus the unforgettable events and colorful personalities that shaped the modern intelligence community. Rich in detail, The Woman Who Smashed Codes pays tribute to an unsung hero whose story belongs alongside those of other great female technologists, like Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper, and whose oft-hidden contributions altered the course of the century."--Jacket.
505	0		_aAuthor's note: Prying eyes -- Part I: Riverbank. Fabyan ; Unbelievable, yet it was there ; Bacon's ghost ; He who fears is half dead ; The escape plot -- Part II: Target practice -- Part III: The invisible war. Grandmother died ; Magic ; The Hauptsturmführer and the Funkmeister ; Circuit 3-N ; The doll lady ; Hitler's lair -- Epilogue: Girl cryptanalyst and all that.
600	1	0	_aFriedman, Elizebeth, _d1892-1980. _9341912
600	1	0	_aFriedman, William F. _q(William Frederick), _d1891-1969. _9341913
650		0	_aCryptographers _zUnited States _vBiography. _9341914
650		0	_aCryptography _zUnited States _xHistory. _956053
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