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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Mundy, Liza, 1960- author.     Subjects     World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.     Cryptographers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Cryptography -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mundy, Liza, 1960- author.       by title:      Code girls [large ty...         MARC Display

Code girls [large type] : the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II / Liza Mundy. by Mundy, Liza, 1960- author. New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2017. Subjects World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.   Cryptographers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Cryptography -- United States -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780316439893 (large print ; hardcover) 0316439894 (large print ; hardcover) Description:  xiv, 620 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  The secret letters -- Introduction: "Your country needs you, young ladies" -- Part I. "In the event of total war women will be needed" -- Twenty-eight acres of girls -- "This is a man's size job, but I seem to be getting away with it" -- The most difficult problem -- "So many girls in one place" -- Part II. "Over all this vast expanse of waters Japan was supreme" -- "It was heart-rending" -- "Q for communications" -- The forlorn shoe -- "Hell's half-acre" -- "It was only human to complain" -- Pencil-pushing mamas sink the shipping of Japan -- Part III. The tide turns -- Sugar camp -- "All my love, Jim" -- "Enemy landing at the mouth of the Seine" -- Teedy -- The surrender message -- Good-bye to Crow -- Epilogue: The mitten. Requests:  0 Summary:  Documents the contributions of more than ten thousand American women who served as codebreakers during World War II, detailing how their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and enabled their subsequent careers.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Library For The Blind and Print Disabled Large Type LT 940.54867 Mu Checked In Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library Large Type LT 940.54867 Mu Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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