{"product_id":"the-first-counterspy-kay-haas-9781493061563","title":"The First Counterspy: Larry Haas, Bell Aircraft, and the Fbi's Attempt to Capture a Soviet Mole","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe First Counterspyis the pulse-quickening and traumatic story of spy, counterspy, and an American family unwittingly caught in its web. Until this case, the FBI had never recruited civilian counterspies to catch a Soviet agent. The first two were Larry Haas, a leading aviation engineer at Bell Aviation, and Leona Franey, head librarian at Bell's technical library. The FBI pitted them against a Soviet agent, Andrei Ivanovich Schevchenko, operating legally as one of the highest Soviet officials in the United States during WWII, and illegally as the secret head of a wide-ranging spy network hidden within the American aviation industry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe First Counterspylays out this exciting story and, later, the consequences of Schevchenko's deadly threat of vengeance against Haas, the counterspy who betrayed him. The threat was uttered in a mere fourteen seconds but generated lethal consequences that long outlived Schevchenko, tormented Larry Haas, killed his wife, and subjected his daughter, Kay (the co-author of this book), to decades of nearly fatal harassment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd thereby hangs a tale of spy vs. spy intrigue against the backdrop of the home front during World War II. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kay Haas, Walter W. Pickut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1493061569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493061563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.31h x 6.35w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/31\/2022","brand":"Kay Haas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046252048639,"sku":"9781493061563","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2da7e44-f337-48f6-ba95-6d986e945a30.jpg?v=1684983514","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-first-counterspy-kay-haas-9781493061563","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}