The Invisible Harry Gold; The Man Who Gave the Soviets the Atom Bomb

by Allen M. Hornblum

• ISBN13: 9780300156768
• ISBN10: 0300156766
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2010-09-28
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

In the history of Soviet espionage in America, few people figure more crucially than Harry Gold, a Russian Jewish immigrant who spied for the Soviets from 1935 until 1950. Hornblum paints a surprising portrait of this notorious yet unknown figure.

Author Biography

Allen Hornblum has been executive director of Americans for Democratic Action, chief of staff of the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office, and college lecturer. His previous books include Sentenced to Science, Acres of Skin, and Confessions of a Second Story Man. He lives in Philadelphia.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
The Spy
South Philadelphia	p. 3
A Debt Repaid	p. 23
The Novice Spy	p. 43
The Evolution of a Secret Agent	p. 59
Semenov, Slack, and Brothman	p. 81
Dr. Klaus Fuchs	p. 105
The Los Alamos Papers	p. 129
The Postwar Years	p. 154
The Hunt for Raymond	p. 176
The Fatal Words	p. 195
The Prisoner
Conversion	p. 219
To Make Amends	p. 241
Prisoner 19312-NE	p. 275
State of Mind	p. 296
The Campaign for Parole	p. 319
Return	p. 340
Epilogue	p. 357
Notes	p. 365
Bibliography	p. 427
Acknowledgments	p. 435
Index	p. 439
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