Sergeant Victor Dowd, a member of a top secret unit of artists and sound engineers known as the Ghost Army, uses his skills to fake out the Germans during World War Two. May include a replica decoder, plus other spycraft materials, in a sealed envelope to help the reader discover clues found in the text and illustrations and solve the mystery of what happened to Dowd's missing sketchbook.
year: 2019
call number/section: 1000
subjects: united states, headquarters special troops, 23rd, fiction, world war, 1939-1945, campaigns, western front, fiction, deception, intelligence service, united states, regimental histories, spy fiction, historical fiction, dowd, victor, fiction, europe, spy stories
Editions
Alberti, Enigma
Sergeant Victor Dowd, a member of a top secret unit of artists and sound engineers known as the Ghost Army, uses his skills to fake out the Germans during World War Two. May include a replica decoder, plus other spycraft materials, in a sealed envelope to help the reader discover clues found in the text and illustrations and solve the mystery of what happened to Dowd's missing sketchbook.
Schools: 6
Alberti, Enigma
Workman Pub. (2019)
"[A fictionalized story of] Victor Dowd . . . an illustrator and sergeant in the 603rd Camouflage Engineers, who along with other visual artists used his creative talents to fool the Nazi Army and help win the war in Europe"--Provided by publisher.
Schools: 3