{"id":3426,"date":"2006-11-11T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-11T23:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=3426"},"modified":"2017-12-13T14:34:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T20:34:17","slug":"book-report-the-spy-who-never-was-other-true-spy-stories-by-david-c-knight-1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/11\/book-report-the-spy-who-never-was-other-true-spy-stories-by-david-c-knight-1978\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Report: The Spy Who Never Was & Other True Spy Stories by David C. Knight (1978)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I bought this book this year at the Carondolet Y Book Fair, I think. It’s back when I thought I might write for Damn Interesting<\/a>, so I purposefully sought out compendia like this that would give me inspiration for stories I could write. I never got the gig, but I do have a number of interesting books to read.<\/p>\n

It’s only after I cracked this book open that the brevity coupled with the large print size indicated that this might be a juvenile book. That’s okay, though, as I am often juvenile.<\/p>\n

The book contains a number of short chapters on famous spies through history, including Mata Hari, Nathaniel Hale, Gary Powers, and Rudolf Abel. Aside from these well-known figures, the book also covers Major William Martin (see, it is Damn Interesting sort of material<\/a>); Velvalee Dickinson, spy for Japan in World War II; Peter Ortiz, Marine reserve and leader of the French resistance in WWII; and others. The brief chapters and simple language make it a very quick read and serves as trivia fodder or a source for further investigation.<\/p>\n

So it was worth my time, even if I’m three times the age of its target audience. Plus, it’s the 76th book I read this year. So there.<\/p>\n

Books mentioned in this review:<\/b><\/p>\n