Title:
Satellite boy : the international manhunt for a master thief that launched the modern communication age
Author:
Edition:
First Counterpoint edition.
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
Berkeley : Counterpoint, 2023.
Physical Description:
xviii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781640094802
Abstract:
Spanning the hemisphere from the underworld haunts of Montreal to Havana and Miami in the early days of the Cold War, Satellite Boy reveals the unlikely connection between an audacious bank heist and the other Space Race that gave birth to the modern communication age.
Contents:
Master thief and the visionary -- Highs and lows in Florida -- Nowhere to hide in the global village -- A changing landscape.
Personal Subject:
Language:
English
