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The last hero : Wild Bill Donovan : the biography and political experience of Major General William J. Donovan, founder of the OSS and "father" of the CIA, from his personal and secret papers and the diaries of Ruth Donovan
- Title
- The last hero : Wild Bill Donovan : the biography and political experience of Major General William J. Donovan, founder of the OSS and "father" of the CIA, from his personal and secret papers and the diaries of Ruth Donovan / Anthony Cave Brown.
- Author
- Brown, Anthony Cave.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Times Books, 1982.
- ©1982
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | UB271.U52 D663 1982 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xx, 891 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Drawing on Donovan's personal papers and secret archives and on his wife's diaries, this profile depicts the remarkable man who was the most decorated figure in United States history and was the founder of the OSS, forerunner of the CIA.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [836]-837.
- ISBN
- 0812910214
- 9780812910216
- LCCN
- 82050046
- OCLC
- ocm08709433
- 8709433
- SCSB-73024
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library