1980, ISBN: 9780271035697

Johann Heinrich Amadeus de Graaf, known as Johnny all his life, was born on May 11, 1894, in Nordenham, near Bremerhaven in northwest Germany. He died at age 86 on December 2, 1980, in Br… Mehr…

Johann Heinrich Amadeus de Graaf, known as Johnny all his life, was born on May 11, 1894, in Nordenham, near Bremerhaven in northwest Germany. He died at age 86 on December 2, 1980, in Brockville, Ontario, where he and his wife ran a tourist lodge. That he lived as long as he did is miraculous considering that he had spent many years acting as a double agent, pretending to work for Soviet intelligence while really functioning as an operative for Britain's MI6. His life had many twists and turns, and murder, treachery, intrigue, and violence were never far from his doorstep. Eventually joining the Spartacus Bund in 1919, which evolved into the German Communist Party, he later became a staunch anti-Communist and played a key role in undermining the efforts of Communists in Brazil to oust the government of Getulio Vargas in 1935. After retiring from MI6, he even volunteered his services to the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover in 1950. Based on documents from multiple government archives as well as many interviews, the most important of which was a series that Gordon Scott conducted with Johnny in 1975-76, this story of the life of a spy who hid behind sixty-eight different aliases during the course of his colorful career is a gripping tale of espionage and counterespionage during a critical period of the political history of the twentieth century. Media > Book, [PU: Pennsylvania State University Press]<

1980, ISBN: 9780271035697

Johann Heinrich Amadeus de Graaf, known as Johnny all his life, was born on May 11, 1894, in Nordenham, near Bremerhaven in northwest Germany. He died at age 86 on December 2, 1980, in Br… Mehr…

Johann Heinrich Amadeus de Graaf, known as Johnny all his life, was born on May 11, 1894, in Nordenham, near Bremerhaven in northwest Germany. He died at age 86 on December 2, 1980, in Brockville, Ontario, where he and his wife ran a tourist lodge. That he lived as long as he did is miraculous considering that he had spent many years acting as a double agent, pretending to work for Soviet intelligence while really functioning as an operative for Britain's MI6. His life had many twists and turns, and murder, treachery, intrigue, and violence were never far from his doorstep. Eventually joining the Spartacus Bund in 1919, which evolved into the German Communist Party, he later became a staunch anti-Communist and played a key role in undermining the efforts of Communists in Brazil to oust the government of Getulio Vargas in 1935. After retiring from MI6, he even volunteered his services to the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover in 1950. Based on documents from multiple government archives as well as many interviews, the most important of which was a series that Gordon Scott conducted with Johnny in 1975-76, this story of the life of a spy who hid behind sixty-eight different aliases during the course of his colorful career is a gripping tale of espionage and counterespionage during a critical period of the political history of the twentieth century. Media >, [PU: Pennsylvania State University Press]<

2010, ISBN: 9780271035697

First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover Very Good xvii, 462. pages. Extensive footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Johann Heinrich Amadeus d… Mehr…

First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover Very Good xvii, 462. pages. Extensive footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Johann Heinrich Amadeus de Graaf, known as Johnny all his life, was born in Germany in 1894 and died in Ontario, Canada in 1980. That he lived as long as he did is miraculous, considering that he spent many years as a double agent - pretending to work for Soviet intelligence while really functioning as an operative for Britain's MI6. A gripping tale of espionage during a critical period of the political history of the twentieth century." - dust jacket. Small spot of soiling to fore-edge otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this fascinating life story. Very Good Versand D: 19,95 EUR Graaf, Johnny De, Spies - Great Britain - Biography, Intelligence Officers - Great Britain - Biography, Germans - Great Britain - Biography, Espionage, history, 20th Century, Soviet Union, Spies, Canada, Double-Agents, Anti-fascist Movements, World War 1939-1945, British Intelligence, MI6, [PU:The Pennsylvania State University Press USA]<