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Author Conant, Jennet.

Title A covert affair : Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS / Jennet Conant.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, [2011]
©2011

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. CHILD, J.    Storage
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  940.5485 CONANT    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  940.54 CON    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B CHILD, JULIA    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  B CHILD CON    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5485 CONANT    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.54 CONANT    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.5485 CON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 CHILD, JUL    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B CHILD FAMILY    Check Shelf

Edition First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
Description 395 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-374) and index.
Contents Special inquiry -- Initiation -- Late start -- A fine sort -- Instant fame -- Great white queen of Bali -- Chickens coming home to roost -- Whispers in the willow trees -- Incurable romantics -- Open season -- The nightmare -- The taste of ashes -- Epilogue -- Appendix.
Summary A stunning account of Julia Child's early life as an OSS agent in the Far East.
Subject Child, Julia.
Child, Paul, 1902-1994.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States.
United States. Office of Strategic Services -- Biography.
Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
Child, Julia -- Homes and haunts -- Europe.
Child, Paul, 1902-1994 -- Homes and haunts -- Europe.
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957.
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1954.
ISBN 9781439163528 hardcover
1439163529 hardcover
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