Great article on the book I probably checked out from the library more than any other when I was a kid.
Great article on the book I probably checked out from the library more than any other when I was a kid. I need to track down a copy.
https://wearethemutants.com/2018/07/05/usbornes-the-knowhow-book-of-spycraft-1975/
https://wearethemutants.com/2018/07/05/usbornes-the-knowhow-book-of-spycraft-1975/
Holy forking shirtballs I OWNED THIS BOOK. #mindblown #floatyhearts #hearteyes
ReplyDeleteI learned the pigpen cipher from this book, and spy jargon like "dead drop".
ReplyDeleteI was all about the Usborne UFOs book. The Hopkinsville Goblins paintings from that one haunted me for years.
ReplyDeleteI remember checking out a set of small books about being a private detective when I first got my library card as a kid. They had these same sorts of illustrations. The part I remember the most was a section on smells, and that counterfeit money ink has a particular smell. I thought for the longest time that the dry cleaner shop near our house was a front for a counterfeiting operation.
ReplyDeleteSteve Sigety then of course there was Encyclopedia Brown! Which is fiction, yes I know...
ReplyDeleteDUUUUUUUDE
ReplyDeleteI got this one from the library too
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I remember the PI one too.
ReplyDeleteAAAHHH THE MEMORIES. I remember reading the Italian version.
ReplyDeleteThis is what Top Secrets rulebook should’ve been like.
ReplyDeleteSteve Sigety I still have that, a double feature for spycraft and P.I.-work, in German language. I bought it from my pocket money when I was in school.
ReplyDeleteI've still got my battered and failing copy and recently purchased a new copy (and the detective one) for my kids. I nearly wore that book out!
ReplyDeleteHah, I remember that from my childhood too. :-D
ReplyDeleteI loved that book!
ReplyDeleteUsborne books were the best. They totally dominated my childhood.
ReplyDeleteI had that!
ReplyDeleteOh, I had it back when I was a kid and absolutely loved it.
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