Agent 146
Subtitle: the true story of a Nazi spy in America
By: Erich Gimpel ; foreword by Charles Whiting.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Gimpel, Erich, 1910-; World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Germany .; World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States.; Espionage, German -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Spies -- Germany -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: The spellbinding autobiography of one of the only Nazi spies to reach American soil. September 1944. Germany is burning at both ends and the Reich is crumbling. Word has drifted back to Berlin that the Americans are testing a secret weapon of unbelievable destruction. A weapon that will win the war. The Fuhrer himself calls upon Agent 146 in a last ditch effort to sabotage America's atomic program. Two months later, a German U-boat surfaces off the coast of Maine. Agent 146 and an American turncoat named William Collepaugh sneak ashore. Down the coast they go, ending up in New York. Once there, a fascinating game of cat and mouse begins as the FBI attempts to close in on the elusive Nazi spy. Never before published in the U. S., Agent 146 is an intriguing tale of espionage under the Reich. Within these pages are fascinating accounts of the Nazis' plans to sabotage the Allies--from sending in commandos to capture Gibraltar to blowing up the Panama Canal. Agent 146 is a must read memoir for any World War II history buff.
Notes: "Published in Great Britain in 1957 as Spy for Germany"--Verso t.p.