Satellite boy : the international manhunt for a master thief that launched the modern communication age / Andrew Amelinckx.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781640094802
- ISBN: 1640094806
- Physical Description: xviii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: First Counterpoint edition.
- Publisher: Berkeley : Counterpoint, 2023.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Lemay, Georges, 1925-2006. Bank robberies > Québec (Province) > History > 20th century. Artificial satellites. Electronics in criminal investigation. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | 364.1552 L549a 2023 (Text) | 33126025422084 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Independence Branch | 364.1552 L549a 2023 (Text) | 33126025422118 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2023 February
The title of this book is the name that French-Canadian bank burglar Georges Lemay gave himself after a communications satellite led to his arrest. Amelinckx's (
Copyright 2023 Library Journal.Exquisite Wickedness ) book profiles Lemay and an engineer, Harold Rosen, who helped develop the first commercial communications satellite with a fixed orbit in 1965. Lemay was believed to be the mastermind behind one of the biggest bank robberies in Canadian history. The robbery, with more than $1 million stolen, occurred at a Montreal bank in 1961. Canadian police could not find Lemay until a Fort Lauderdale boat repairman who knew Lemay under an alias called the FBI after seeing a satellite TV broadcast of fugitives. The book's structure is chronological, starting in 1961 with the Montreal bank robbery, then Lemay's 1965 arrest, and ending with a recap of what happened to the players. The chapters alternate between Lemay's reckless antics and Rosen's drier satellite work. The book is entertaining and colorful; it reads like an expanded magazine article. For readers seeking a description of life on the lam, consider Dick Lehr'sBlack Mass , which is about the more careful criminal, Whitey Bulger.VERDICT Amelinckx's book is ideal for both true-crime and technology buffs.âHarry Charles