The Brother : The Untold Story of the Rosenberg Case - Roberts Sam - 2003

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549 pages. Small tear at top of spine. Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. Covers have light creasing. Spine is uncreased. Cover is protected in clear, self-adhesive laminate. Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Pages are lightly tanned and lightly creased. Fifty years after their execution in June 1953 for conspiring to steal atomic secrets, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg remain the subjects of great emotional debate and acrimony. The man whose testimony almost single-handedly convicted them was Ethel Rosenberg's own brother, David Greenglass. Though the Rosenbergs were executed, Greenglass served a mere ten years in prison, after which, with a new name, he disappeared. But journalist Sam Roberts found Greenglass, and then managed to convince him to talk about everything that had happened. So here at last is the mesmerizing inside story of the Rosenberg case: What were their lives like growing up on the Lower East Side? How was David Greenglass enlisted in a plot to hand over to the Soviets our greatest national secret? And how, finally, did the whole thing unravel? Even beyond that, "The Brother" reveals how David Greenglass perjured himself in testifying about his sister and her husband--testimony that virtually strapped them into the electric chair. "The Brother" is a great narrative, far more mesmerizing than anything else written on the subject. It is a story of espionage. It is the story of a trial. And, most tragically, it is the story of a family. Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; ISBN: 0375761241. ISBN/EAN: 9780375761249. Inventory No: 13110283. By: Roberts Sam Year: 2003 Visit our website to view thousands more products like this and order online at: