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Title Satellite boy : the international manhunt for a master thief that launched the modern communication age / Andrew Amelinckx.
Author Amelinckx, Andrew K., author.
Publication Info. Berkeley : Counterpoint, 2023.
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Location Call No. Status
 North Orange  364.1552 AME    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  364.1552 AME    Check Shelves
 Windermere  364.1552 AME    Check Shelves
Edition First Counterpoint edition.
Description xviii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-311).
Summary "Spanning the hemisphere from the underworld haunts of Montreal to Havana and Miami in the early days of the Cold War, Satellite Boy reveals the unlikely connection between an audacious bank heist and the other Space Race that gave birth to the modern communication age"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Lemay, Georges, 1925-2006.
Bank robberies -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century.
Artificial satellites.
Electronics in criminal investigation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Genre True crime stories.
Added Title International manhunt for a master thief that launched the modern communication age
ISBN 9781640094802 (hardcover) : $27.00
1640094806 (hardcover)