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A game of birds and wolves : the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II Cover Image Book Book

A game of birds and wolves : the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II

Parkin, Simon (author.).

Summary: "The triumphant true story of the young women who helped to devise the winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic." -- From book jacket.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780316492096
  • ISBN: 0316492094
  • Physical Description: print
    309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First US edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
First published in Great Britain in November 2019 by Sceptre" -- Title page verso."
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-286) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Last man standing -- As you wave me goodbye -- They will come -- Wolves -- Pineapples and champagne -- Never at sea -- Roberts -- Oak leaves and Christmas trees -- The aces and the note -- The citadel -- Raspberry -- The royal key -- The elephant has landed -- Nulli secundus -- The battle of birds and wolves: part I -- The battle of birds and wolves: part II -- Honours -- The gun in the night -- The sisterhood of the linoleum -- Postscript -- Epilogue.

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Athens Regional Library System:
      Athens-Clarke County Library 		NONFIC 940.5451 PARKIN ( Send Text)
 31001003875490 NONFICTION Checked out
Azalea Regional Library System:
      Morgan County Library 		940.54516 PAR ( Send Text)
 31056008760279 ADULT Checked out
Clayton County Library System:
      Northwest Branch 		940.545 PARKIN, SIMON ( Send Text)
 31012006089484 STACKS Available
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      Nancy Guinn Memorial Library 		940.5451 PAR ( Send Text)
 31015002969781 ADULT Available
Flint River Regional Library System:
      Fayette County Public Library 		940.454 PARKIN ( Send Text)
 31022009417509 ADULT Checked out
Henry County Library:
      McDonough Public Library 		940.54516 PARKIN ( Send Text)
 31027008374841 Adult Available
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      Centerville Branch Library 		940.5451 PAR ( Send Text)
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      Dooly County Library 		940.54 Par S. ( Send Text)
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      Bull St. Library 		940.545 PARK ( Send Text)
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