The Lost Spy
An American in Stalin's Secret Service
21 August 2009
Territory Rights — Worldwide including Canada, but excluding the British Commonwealth.
Description
“Utterly fascinating, a sad and sinuous study.”—Richard Schickel, Los Angeles Times
For half a century, the case of Isaiah Oggins, a 1920s New York intellectual brutally murdered in 1947 on Stalin’s orders, remained hidden in the secret files of the Soviet and American intelligence services—a footnote buried in the rubble of the Cold War. It surfaced briefly in 1992, when Boris Yeltsin handed over a dossier to the White House, but the full story of what happened remained a mystery. After eight years of international sleuthing, Andrew Meier at last reveals the truth in The Lost Spy: Oggins was one of the first Americans to spy for the Soviets.
Reviews
"A well-written and rewarding romp through the international communist movement of the 1920s and ’30s." — Peter Pringle, Washington Post
"An espionage thriller of the first rank." — Sean Wilentz
"The Lost Spy is a jewel—one of those great lost spy stories from the cold war." — Simon Sebag Montefiore
Also By: Andrew Meier 
Black Earth: A Journey Through Russia After the Fall
E Book, 2013
"That Black Earth is an extraordinary work is, for anyone who has known Russia, beyond question."—George Kennan
Chechnya: To the Heart of a Conflict
E Book, 2013
Andrew's Meier riveting portrait of Chechnya, a land ravaged by indescribable carnage, enables us to understand the origins of this brutal conflict like no other recent work.
Black Earth: A Journey Through Russia After the Fall
Paperback, 2005
"That Black Earth is an extraordinary work is, for anyone who has known Russia, beyond question."—George Kennan
Chechnya: To the Heart of a Conflict
Paperback, 2004
Andrew's Meier riveting portrait of Chechnya, a land ravaged by indescribable carnage, enables us to understand the origins of this brutal conflict like no other recent work.
