Aldo Icardi: American Master Spy
New York, N.Y. University Books Inc., 1956. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. viii, [2], 275, [3] pages. Endpaper maps. Illustrations. Book has some wear and soiling. DJ is worn, soiled, chipped and has front flap present but separated. Includes A Foreword by Felix Morrow, the Publisher and an Author's Note. Also includes Part 1: Major Holohan Disappears; Part 2: Espionage; and Part 3: After the War. Also includes Appendix: Legal Aspects of the Holohan Case; The Italian Trial; Why Icardi Didn't Sue for Libel; and A New Law. Aldo Icardi was America's first master spy. He spent eight months behind the German lines in Italy, the last five of them as master spy, operating in the area norhwest of Milano. This book is the true account of how he got into this exciting business, and of what happened to him while he was behind the lines. He tells how it feels to huddle in a hole in a wall while enemy soldiers search for him just three feet away. He tells about being trailed by German bloodhounds. He describes the wild frenzy, the uncontrolled violence, that gripped northern Italy during the last days of the war. He also relates everything that happened the night that Major William V. Holohan, his commanding officer, disappeared. Mr. Icardi has written this book because he has been accused falsely of murdering Major Holohan. This book is his defense--the only recourse available to him to clear his name. In presenting his case, he has been forced to make a few charges of his own: of irresponsibility, negligence, and blind stupidity on the part of American public officials. More