Cork Wars (ePub)
Intrigue and Industry in World War II
(Sprache: Englisch)
"This well-researched, well-told story takes readers into a world of espionage, industrial ingenuity, and American resilience ... a compelling history." -Robert Whitaker, author ofAnatomy of an Epidemic
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"This well-researched, well-told story takes readers into a world of espionage, industrial ingenuity, and American resilience ... a compelling history." -Robert Whitaker, author ofAnatomy of an Epidemic
Silver Medal Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award for History (World)
In 1940, with German U-boats blockading all commerce across the Atlantic Ocean, a fireball at the Crown Cork and Seal factory lit the sky over Baltimore. Rumors of Nazi sabotage led to an FBI investigation and pulled an entire industry into the machinery of national security as America stood on the brink of war.
InCork Wars, David A. Taylor traces this fascinating story through the lives of three men and their families: Charles McManus, who ran Crown Cork and Seal, a company that manufactured everything from bottle caps to oil-tight gaskets for fighter planes; Frank DiCara, who watched the fire blazed at the factory and got a job at Crown just a few years later; and Melchor Marsa, who managed Crown Cork and Seal's plants in Spain and Portugal-and was perfectly placed to be recruited as a spy.
Drawing on in-depth interviews with surviving family members, personal collections, and recently declassified government records, Taylor weaves this by turns beautiful, dark, and outrageous narrative with the drama of a thriller. From the factory floor to the corner office,Cork Warsreflects shifts in our ideas of modernity, the environment, and the materials and norms of American life. World War II buffs-and anyone interested in a good yarn-will be gripped by this bold and frightening tale of a forgotten episode of American history.
"An absorbing and illuminating read." -Maury Klein, author ofA Call to Arms
Silver Medal Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award for History (World)
In 1940, with German U-boats blockading all commerce across the Atlantic Ocean, a fireball at the Crown Cork and Seal factory lit the sky over Baltimore. Rumors of Nazi sabotage led to an FBI investigation and pulled an entire industry into the machinery of national security as America stood on the brink of war.
InCork Wars, David A. Taylor traces this fascinating story through the lives of three men and their families: Charles McManus, who ran Crown Cork and Seal, a company that manufactured everything from bottle caps to oil-tight gaskets for fighter planes; Frank DiCara, who watched the fire blazed at the factory and got a job at Crown just a few years later; and Melchor Marsa, who managed Crown Cork and Seal's plants in Spain and Portugal-and was perfectly placed to be recruited as a spy.
Drawing on in-depth interviews with surviving family members, personal collections, and recently declassified government records, Taylor weaves this by turns beautiful, dark, and outrageous narrative with the drama of a thriller. From the factory floor to the corner office,Cork Warsreflects shifts in our ideas of modernity, the environment, and the materials and norms of American life. World War II buffs-and anyone interested in a good yarn-will be gripped by this bold and frightening tale of a forgotten episode of American history.
"An absorbing and illuminating read." -Maury Klein, author ofA Call to Arms
Autoren-Porträt von David A. Taylor
Journalist David A. Taylor teaches science writing at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of Soul of a People: The WPA Writers' Project Uncovers Depression America and Ginseng, the Divine Root: The Curious History of the Plant That Captivated the World.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David A. Taylor
- 2018, Englisch
- Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISBN-10: 1421426927
- ISBN-13: 9781421426921
- Erscheinungsdatum: 14.12.2018
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