Orchids Of War
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Orchids of War
The Untold Story: Japanese Spies in the US during World War II Before World War II exploded into the lives of Americans, a Japanese spy ring operated along the West Coast between Canada and Mexico. The classified documents regarding the spy web were finally released with the Freedom of Information Act. Through the decrypting machine "Magic," the US was able to read the Japanese "Purple" code and alter many vital turning points of the war. And, it is said, that the FBI employed a young Caucasian woman from Seattle, Washington, fluent in Japanese, to help the US uncover the Nippon spies. I gave this young woman the name Billi O'Shaughnessy, and this is her story. Set in 1941 Seattle, San Francisco, and Hawaii, Orchids of War explores Japanese espionage and its impact on the lives of all Americans. The facts reconstructed in this book are important. This historical fiction weaves through events specific to the buildup to World War II. It brings to the forefront the network of spies on American soil, the decrypting machine "Magic," and the "Winds Code." Suspenseful, packed with accurate details, and told through engaging characters, this book will alter your perception of World War II.
Orchids of War
The Untold Story: Japanese Spies in the US during World War II. Set in 1941 Seattle,San Francisco, and Hawaii, Orchids of War explores Japanese espionage on American soil. Billi O'Shaughnessy is a young woman enthralled with Japanese culture andlanguage. FBI agent, Jack Huntington sets out to use her Japanese language skills andpersuades her to help him uncover the major players in the Nippon spy ring that is working up and down the West Coast, sending information back to the Land of the Rising Sun in preparation for the attack on Pearl Harbor. This historical fiction weaves through events specific to the buildup to World War II. It brings to the forefront the decrypting machine "Magic", the "Purple" code, and the "Winds" code. Suspenseful, packed with accurate details, and told through engaging characters, this book will alter your perception of World War II.
The Orchid Thief
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A modern classic of personal journalism, The Orchid Thief is Susan Orlean’s wickedly funny, elegant, and captivating tale of an amazing obsession. Determined to clone an endangered flower—the rare ghost orchid Polyrrhiza lindenii—a deeply eccentric and oddly attractive man named John Laroche leads Orlean on an unforgettable tour of America’s strange flower-selling subculture, through Florida’s swamps and beyond, along with the Seminoles who help him and the forces of justice who fight him. In the end, Orlean—and the reader—will have more respect for underdog determination and a powerful new definition of passion. In this new edition, coming fifteen years after its initial publication and twenty years after she first met the “orchid thief,” Orlean revisits this unforgettable world, and the route by which it was brought to the screen in the film Adaptation, in a new retrospective essay. Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more. Praise for The Orchid Thief “Stylishly written, whimsical yet sophisticated, quirkily detailed and full of empathy . . . The Orchid Thief shows [Orlean’s] gifts in full bloom.”—The New York Times Book Review “Fascinating . . . an engrossing journey [full] of theft, hatred, greed, jealousy, madness, and backstabbing.”—Los Angeles Times “Orlean’s snapshot-vivid, pitch-perfect prose . . . is fast becoming one of our national treasures.”—The Washington Post Book World “Orlean’s gifts [are] her ear for the self-skewing dialogue, her eye for the incongruous, convincing detail, and her Didion-like deftness in description.”—Boston Sunday Globe “A swashbuckling piece of reporting that celebrates some virtues that made America great.”—The Wall Street Journal