The Detonators: The Secret Plot to Destroy America and an Epic Hunt for Justice

Millman, Chad

ISBN 10: 0316734969 / ISBN 13: 9780316734967

Published by Little, Brown and Company, 2006

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Synopsis:

In 1916 a group of German saboteurs blew up Black Tom Island, a spit of land in New York Harbour. The brazen attack destroyed the harbour and the ammunition housed there - and the subsequent hail of missiles and gunpowder devastated much of lower Manhattan. The attack - so massive that as far away as Maryland people could feel the ground shake - had been shockingly easy. America was littered with networks of German agents plotting further, more deadly, attacks. Twenty years later the German government had still managed to evade responsibility for the crime - and probably would have continued to, were it not for the determination of three lawyers named McCloy, Peaslee, and Martin. These men made it their mission to solve a mystery that began during the first World War and barely ended before the second. They were litigators, spies, historians and, ultimately, defenders of the truth. THE DETONATORS is a fascinating portrait of these men and their time; the dramatic love story of John and Ellen McCloy; and the first full accounting of a crime and a cover-up that resonates strongly in a post-9/11 America.

About the Author: Chad Millman is a former Sports Illustrated reporter, CNNSI correspondent and current senior editor at ESPN The Magazine. He has also written for Details and Esquire. He is the author of The Odds: One Season, Three Gamblers, and the Death of Their Las Vegas, and co-author of Pickup Artists: Street Basketball in America. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Detonators: The Secret Plot to Destroy ...
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Acceptable