American Sons, Christopher Boyce
American Sons, Christopher Boyce
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American Sons
The Untold Story of the Falcon and the Snowman (40th Anniversary Edition)

Author: Christopher Boyce, Vince Font, Cait Boyce

Narrator: Susan Ericksen, David Colacci

Unabridged: 13 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/05/2018


Synopsis

Forty years before the names Snowden and Manning entered the world's cultural lexicon, Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee became America's youngest convicted spies—condemned to federal prison in 1977 for their roles in one of the most highly publicized espionage cases in Cold War history.

Yet the story of their crime, as told in the book and movie The Falcon and the Snowman, was only the beginning.

Locked away in some of the country's most violent and inhospitable prisons, Boyce and Lee survived repeated attempts on their lives and years of solitary confinement before a young and idealistic paralegal, Cait Mills, attempted to put them on the path to freedom. Diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, Mills' determination to continue her work while battling the illness ultimately changed all three of their lives.

American Sons: The Untold Story of the Falcon and the Snowman is an incredible true story told by the people who lived it—a narrative of survival against impossible odds, a case study on the indomitability of the human spirit, and a testament to the transformative power of forgiveness.

About Christopher Boyce

Christopher Boyce spent twenty-five years in prison for selling top-secret US intelligence to the Soviet Union with his childhood friend, Andrew Daulton Lee. Released from prison in 2002, Chris continues to fly his falcons and prefers the peace that comes with a life far from the glare of public scrutiny.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris

This new title is a worthy successor to the original "The Falcon and the Snowman" and sequel "Flight of the Falcon," two true-crime classics by the journalist Robert Lindsey about the case of Soviet spy Christopher Boyce. In 1977 Boyce and childhood friend Andrew Daulton Lee were convicted of sellin......more

Goodreads review by Scott

This was a great book. I was growing up in Palos Verdes when all of this was going on. I believe what Chris is trying to tell is he regrets doing this not only to himself but really feels bad and responsible for involving Daulton Lee. In his own way he's asking for forgiveness.......more

Goodreads review by Dawn

The book was interesting, but I found it hard to feel as sorry for these guys as they seemed to feel for themselves.......more