Two Eggs on My Plate

Oluf Reed Olsen, Author; F.H. Lyon, Translator from Norwegian

Published by Rand McNally and Company, Chicago, IL, 1953

About this Item

Rand McNally and Company, Chicago, IL. 1953. Hardcover. American Edition Edited and Published by Rand McNally and Company. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O address label on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; shelfwear to head, tail, tips and board bottom edges. No DJ. Green buckram boards and spine with green lettering on the spine and front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 365 pp 8vo. The author was a member of the Norwegian underground and one of its most active operatives, who was arrested early in the fight and escaped the Nazis in a manner that made the exploits of Tarzan look like hop-scotch. The British, for whose excellent intelligence system Olsen was working, were appreciative and encouraged him to sail for England. which he and two comrades did in a derelict 18-foot sailboat, across the worst North Sea gales in a decade. They were rescued from the Thames estuary by the crew of a British destroyer. After that, he applied for intelligence and parachute training and two years later he was in a Halifax bomber, bound for Norway. There, he organized espionage activities inside occupied Norway, operated at least one radio transmitter to Britain at any given moment, gathered infinitely valuable information on German convoys, troop movements, order of battle, secret weapons and made regular weather reports to guide invasion plans. He and his comrades were constantly on the run, constantly moving their equipment to escape detection, constantly bluffing (or shooting) their way out of traps. They survived for two reasons: first, because they had a real passion for freedom and, secondly, because they possessed a lively sense of humor that invariably helped to outwit their opponents. Mr. Olsen's diary is no literary masterpiece, but it gives a vivid picture of counter- espionage in Norway, and the risks its operatives took on a daily basis until V-E Day. A clean very presentable copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Two Eggs on My Plate
• Publisher: Rand McNally and Company, Chicago, IL
• Publication Date: 1953
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Autobiography
  • Great Britain/United Kingdom
  • World War II