Displaying 1 of 1 2025 Format: Book Author: Orbanes, Philip, author. Title: Monopoly X : how top-secret World War II operations used the game of Monopoly to help Allied POWs escape, conceal spies, and send secret codes / Philip E. Orbanes. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025] Description: xiv, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: "The incredible true story of how Monopoly games were used to smuggle escape aids to Allied servicemen in German P.O.W. camps...and more"-- Provided by publisher. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, British World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American. Prisoners of war -- Great Britain Prisoners of war -- United States Prisoners of war -- Germany Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Germany. Monopoly (Game) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index. LCCN: 2024034461 ISBN: 9780063425132 : HRD 0063425130 : HRD * 9780063425156 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 Control Number: 495279 Call Number: 940.5472 ORB Course Reserves: 0 # System items in: 1 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
