Satellite Boy, Andrew Amelinckx
Satellite Boy, Andrew Amelinckx
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Satellite Boy
The International Manhunt for a Master Thief That Launched the Modern Communication Age

Author: Andrew Amelinckx

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 10 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/21/2023

Synopsis

On April 6, 1965, Georges Lemay was relaxing on his yacht in a south Florida marina following one of the largest and most daring bank heists in Canadian history. For four years, the roguishly handsome criminal mastermind hid in plain sight, eluding capture and the combined efforts of the FBI, Interpol, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. His future appeared secure.

What Lemay didn't know was that less than two hundred miles away at Cape Canaveral, a brilliant engineer named Harold Rosen was about to usher in the age of global live television with the launch of the world's first twenty-four-hour commercial communications satellite. Rosen's extraordinary accomplishment would not only derail Lemay's cushy life but change the world forever.

Brimming with criminal panache and technological intrigue, and set against a turbulent and iconic period that includes the moon landing and the civil rights movement, Satellite Boy tells the largely forgotten, high-stakes story of the two equally driven men who inadvertently launched the modern era.

About Andrew Amelinckx

Andrew Amelinckx is a freelance journalist who has previously written three historical true crime books. He held down a variety of jobs, from bartending in New Orleans to burlesque dancing in New York City, before spending a decade as an award-winning investigative crime reporter for several news organizations, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Berkshire Eagle. His work has appeared in Business Insider, Smithsonian, Men's Journal, Modern Farmer, and elsewhere. He lives in New York's Hudson Valley.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Darlene on July 21, 2023

A fascinating account of Canadian bankrobber, Georges Lemay, and the investigation that lead to his eventual arrest in 1965 using groundbreaking technology. It isn't all that often that a non-fiction book keeps me on the edge of my seat waiting to turn the page, but this is a very special case. It's......more

Goodreads review by Jim on September 06, 2023

Two parallel stories, one of a thief, the other of the person who developed satellites for world wide communications. The thief dubs himself satellite boy when he learns that the information that led to his arrest was the first time that someone was caught using satellite technology.......more

Goodreads review by Marty on March 16, 2023

When I'm rating a non-fiction book, my main criteria is whether or not the author did a good job of storytelling and not just spouting names and dates. Author Andrew Amelinckx does a great job of weaving together the stories of Canadian bank robber/master thief Georges Lemay and engineer Harold Rose......more

Goodreads review by Kemp on July 30, 2023

I was glad this book ended when it did. Any longer and I probably would have DNF’d it. The premise that the man whose designed the first geosynchronous communication satellite was responsible for the capture of one of Montreal’s notorious bank thieves, Georges Lemay, is a link too far to justify comb......more

Goodreads review by Mary Erickson on October 18, 2023

Solid non-fiction, if a bit dry in its presentation for the armchair reader. We follow two storylines in the early 60's: the development of the first communication satellites and a bank heist in Montreal, Canada. How are these disparate topics related? The low-life criminal mastermind is finally appr......more

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