The invisible spy Churchill's Rockefeller Center spy ring and America's first secret agent of World War II
As a tough but smart Italian American kid, Ernest Cuneo played Ivy League football at Columbia University and was in the old Brooklyn Dodgers NFL franchise before becoming a City Hall lawyer and "Brain Trust'' aide to President Roosevelt. He was on the payroll of national radio columnist Walter Winc...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The invisible spy : |b Churchill's Rockefeller Center spy ring and America's first secret agent of World War II / |c Thomas Maier. |
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| 520 | |a As a tough but smart Italian American kid, Ernest Cuneo played Ivy League football at Columbia University and was in the old Brooklyn Dodgers NFL franchise before becoming a City Hall lawyer and "Brain Trust'' aide to President Roosevelt. He was on the payroll of national radio columnist Walter Winchell and mingled with the famous and powerful. But his status as a spy remained a secret, hiding in plain sight. During this time, Cuneo began a love affair with one of Churchill's agents at Rockefeller Center, Margaret Watson, a beautiful Canadian woman with a photographic memory ideal for spycraft. In one nighttime attack, Watson was nearly smothered to death by a Nazi assassin inside her women's dormitory near Rockfeller Center. Cuneo's transformation from a gridiron athlete into a high-stakes intelligence go-between and political influencer is one of the great untold stories of American espionage. He has remained "invisible" in the public eye, until now, with this unveiled look into his life. Thomas Maier weaves Cuneo's remarkable personal story with the vivid and insightful portraits of many top figures in his world. Full of action and fascinating characters, this untold history shows how the British launched a far-ranging covert campaign against Nazi conspirators hidden in America, a spy war unbeknown to many. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Cuneo, Ernest L., |d 1905-1988. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Churchill, Winston, |d 1874-1965 |x Friends and associates. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Roosevelt, Franklin D. |q (Franklin Delano), |d 1882-1945 |x Friends and associates. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Winchell, Walter, |d 1897-1972 |x Friends and associates. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Spies |z United States |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Espionage, American |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Secret service |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Intelligence officers |z United States |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Undercover operations |z United States |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Politics and government |y 1933-1945. | |
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