Program Type:
Book ClubAge Group:
AdultsProgram Description
Event Details
Enjoy beer, food, and friends – all while discussing great books!
The Not Your Momma's Book (& Beer) Club typically meets on the last Monday of the month at 7 pm at the The Crafthouse Stage & Grill.
For more information, join the Facebook group at www.facebook.com/groups/WPLbookclub and/or contact Sarah (rouhans@einetwork.net) to be placed on the email list!
This month, we are reading: The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone
In The Woman Who Smashed Codes, Jason Fagone chronicles the life of Elizebeth Smith who played an integral role in our nation's history for forty years. After World War I, Smith used her talents to catch gangsters and smugglers during Prohibition, then accepted a covert mission to discover and expose Nazi spy rings that were spreading like wildfire across South America, advancing ever closer to the United States. As World War II raged, Elizebeth fought a highly classified battle of wits against Hitler's Reich, cracking multiple versions of the Enigma machine used by German spies. Meanwhile, inside an Army vault in Washington, William worked furiously to break Purple, the Japanese version of Enigma--and eventually succeeded, at a terrible cost to his personal life. Fagone unveils America's code-breaking history through the prism of Smith's life, bringing into focus the unforgettable events and colorful personalities that would help shape modern intelligence.
