First serial to the Washington Post CBS-TV miniseries.Ĭopyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. A Family of Spies is a classic of the genre. Family of Spies: Inside the John Walker Spy Ring Earley, Pete Published by Brand: Bantam (1989) ISBN 10: 0553282220 ISBN 13: 9780553282221 New Softcover Quantity: 1 Seller: Hafa Adai Books (Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Condition: new. The Washington Post Magazine reporter has constructed a masterful psychological portrait of a man seemingly without a soul. The book is riveting on several levels: John Walker's uncanny ability to talk three people into betraying their country (his brother Arthur, son Michael and best friend Jerry Whitworth, all of whom, along with ringleader Walker, are now serving life sentences) the appalling ease with which top-secret documents were copied and passed along to the Soviets over a period of 17 years Whitworth's withdrawal from the organization, his abortive attempt to blow the whistle and his subsequent effort to rejoin it Barbara Walker's struggle to convince the FBI to believe her charges against her ex-husband and John Walker's grotesque rationalizations and self-justification in his interviews with Earley. Bantam Books, 22.5 (0pp) ISBN 978-3-1 With the cooperation of the Bureau of Prisons, Earley ( Family of Spies ) spent much time from mid-1987 to mid-1989 at.

Based on family papers, wiretapped conversations, trial transcripts and interviews with the principals, this is the most comprehensive look we are likely to get at the inception and operation of what has been called the most damaging spy ring in America's history. Pete Earley is known for Family of Spies (1990), Traitors Within (2002) and Daniel, Debra, Leslie (and You) (2019).

Family of Spies by Pete Earley