| Description |
328 pages : illustrations (black and white), photographs, portraits, facsimilies ; 24 cm |
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age Children lcdgt |
| Note |
Ages 12+ Random House Children's Books |
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Grades 7-9 Random House Children's Books |
| Contents |
The doll shop spy -- Starting out -- What do you know? -- Code or cipher? -- Riverbank -- From bacon to binary -- A dear good friend -- The skeletons of words -- Will we win? -- The key to the cipher -- Underlings -- Hiding in plain sight -- Don't be afraid to take a step -- Escape -- Rail fence love letter -- At home -- On the doorstep -- The rum war -- The making of her -- Barbara's cipher -- Firepower -- Cracking a conexco code -- Fame -- The trip of a lifetime -- Turbulence -- The black chamber -- Ad absurdum! -- Café cryptanalytique -- The woman all spies fear -- The war within -- Heebeegeebees -- Elizebeth's war -- Code names and cribs -- Sargo -- Cracking Enigma -- Solving in depth -- A spy at sea -- Overkill -- Procedure 40 -- Secrets -- The raid -- Fallout -- The last word -- The library |
| Summary |
"Biography of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, an American woman who pioneered codebreaking in WWI and WWII but was only recently recognized for her extraordinary contributions to the field" |
| Audience |
Ages 12+ Random House Children's Books |
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Grades 7-9 Random House Children's Books |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-275) and index. |
| Subject |
Friedman, Elizebeth, 1892-1980.
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Friedman, William F. (William Frederick), 1891-1969.
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Cryptographers -- United States -- Biography.
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Cryptography -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Female -- Juvenile literature.
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Married people -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Young adult literature.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Code breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and her hidden life |
| ISBN |
9780593127193 |
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0593127196 |
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