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Satellite boy : the international manhunt for a master thief that launched the modern communication age  Cover Image Book Book

Satellite boy : the international manhunt for a master thief that launched the modern communication age / Andrew Amelinckx.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781640094802 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xviii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Counterpoint edition.
  • Publisher: Berkeley : Counterpoint, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Lemay, Georges, 1925-2006.
Artificial satellites.
Bank robberies > Quaebec (Province) > History > 20th century.
Bank robberies > Québec (Province) > History > 20th century.
Electronics in criminal investigation.
Genre: Biographies.
Personal narratives.
True crime stories.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch 364.15520971427 Ame 31681010314631 NONFIC Available -


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