Spywriter: Richard Krebs' Astonishing Journey from German Communist Conspirator to American Combat Veteran (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798696920542)

SPYWRITER is the story of the life and times of Richard Krebs, aka Jan Valtin, a German seaman who joined the Communist Party in 1923 at age 18, sailed the world on secret missions for the Comintern, fought the Nazis, abandoned communism, escaped to America, lost his wife to Hitler's persecution and his son to obscurity, gained fame as a best-selling author, remarried, fathered two American sons, endured prosecution as an illegal alien, served with honors in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, found his lost son, gained U.S. citizenship, wrote more books, and returned to espionage for American intelligence interests at the start of the Cold War.

Author: Roger J. Mattson
ISBN-10: 8696920546
ISBN-13: 9798696920542
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2021
Pages: 450
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.91d