The Resource The ingenious Mr. Pyke : inventor, fugitive, spy, Henry Hemming
The ingenious Mr. Pyke : inventor, fugitive, spy, Henry Hemming
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- Summary
- "This is the extraordinary story of Geoffrey Pyke, an inventor, war reporter, escaped prisoner, campaigner, father, educator--and all-around misunderstood genius. In his day, he was described as one of the world's great minds, to rank alongside Einstein, yet he remains virtually unknown today. Pyke was an unlikely hero of both world wars and, among many other things, is seen today as the father of the U.S. Special Forces. He changed the landscape of British pre-school education, earned a fortune on the stock market, wrote a bestseller and in 1942 convinced Winston Churchill to build an aircraft carrier out of reinforced ice. He escaped from a German WWI prison camp, devised an ingenious plan to help the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, and launched a private attempt to avert the outbreak of the Second World War by sending into Nazi Germany a group of pollsters disguised as golfers. Despite his brilliance, Pyke ultimately could not find peace, committing suicide in 1948. Yet the full scope of his story remained secret even after his death: in 2009, MI5 released a mass of material suggesting that Pyke was in fact a senior official in the Soviet Comintern. In 1951 papers relating to Pyke were found in the flat of "Cambridge Spy" Guy Burgess after his defection to Moscow. MI5 had "watchers" follow Pyke through the bombed-out streets of London, his letters were opened and listening devices picked up clues to his real identity. Convinced he was a Soviet agent codenamed Professor P, MI5 helped to bring his career to an end. It is only now, more than sixty years after his death, that Geoffrey Pyke's astonishing story can be told in full. The Ingenious Mr. Pyke is a many-faceted account of this enigmatic man's genius, and reveals him as one of the great innovators of the last century" --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 500 pages
- Note
- First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Preface Publishing
- Isbn
- 9781610395779
- Label
- The ingenious Mr. Pyke : inventor, fugitive, spy
- Title
- The ingenious Mr. Pyke
- Title remainder
- inventor, fugitive, spy
- Statement of responsibility
- Henry Hemming
- Title variation
- Churchill's iceman
- Subject
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- Spies -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography
- Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueEducators
- trueEducators -- Great Britain
- Educators -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueGreat Britain
- trueInventors
- Inventors -- England -- Biography
- trueInventors -- Great Britain
- Inventors -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueJewish people
- Jews
- Jews -- Biography
- Pyke, Geoffrey
- trueSpies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This is the extraordinary story of Geoffrey Pyke, an inventor, war reporter, escaped prisoner, campaigner, father, educator--and all-around misunderstood genius. In his day, he was described as one of the world's great minds, to rank alongside Einstein, yet he remains virtually unknown today. Pyke was an unlikely hero of both world wars and, among many other things, is seen today as the father of the U.S. Special Forces. He changed the landscape of British pre-school education, earned a fortune on the stock market, wrote a bestseller and in 1942 convinced Winston Churchill to build an aircraft carrier out of reinforced ice. He escaped from a German WWI prison camp, devised an ingenious plan to help the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, and launched a private attempt to avert the outbreak of the Second World War by sending into Nazi Germany a group of pollsters disguised as golfers. Despite his brilliance, Pyke ultimately could not find peace, committing suicide in 1948. Yet the full scope of his story remained secret even after his death: in 2009, MI5 released a mass of material suggesting that Pyke was in fact a senior official in the Soviet Comintern. In 1951 papers relating to Pyke were found in the flat of "Cambridge Spy" Guy Burgess after his defection to Moscow. MI5 had "watchers" follow Pyke through the bombed-out streets of London, his letters were opened and listening devices picked up clues to his real identity. Convinced he was a Soviet agent codenamed Professor P, MI5 helped to bring his career to an end. It is only now, more than sixty years after his death, that Geoffrey Pyke's astonishing story can be told in full. The Ingenious Mr. Pyke is a many-faceted account of this enigmatic man's genius, and reveals him as one of the great innovators of the last century" --
- Assigning source
- provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
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- 10416233
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1979-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hemming, Henry
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Pyke, Geoffrey
- World War, 1939-1945
- Inventors
- Spies
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- inventor, fugitive, spy
- Label
- The ingenious Mr. Pyke : inventor, fugitive, spy, Henry Hemming
- Note
- First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Preface Publishing
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-479) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn891609319
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 500 pages
- Isbn
- 9781610395779
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014952648
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)891609319
- Label
- The ingenious Mr. Pyke : inventor, fugitive, spy, Henry Hemming
- Note
- First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Preface Publishing
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-479) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn891609319
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 500 pages
- Isbn
- 9781610395779
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014952648
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)891609319
Subject
- Spies -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography
- Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueEducators
- trueEducators -- Great Britain
- Educators -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueGreat Britain
- trueInventors
- Inventors -- England -- Biography
- trueInventors -- Great Britain
- Inventors -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueJewish people
- Jews
- Jews -- Biography
- Pyke, Geoffrey
- trueSpies
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