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Oakes was born in 1925. He served in World War II as a fighter pilot and graduated from Yale University. [1] Oakes is an engineer by training (at one point in the series, he is hired by an architectural firm), and Anthony Trust, ahead of Black at both Greyburn and Yale, recruits him for the Central Intelligence Agency in his senior year, 1951.
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CIA agent Blackford Oakes is sent to West Berlin East Germany in 1961, during the time leading up to the building of the Berlin Wall. Henri Tod is a German Jew who during World War II is sent to England to prevent his conscription into the army. After the war he returns to Germany and becomes Germany's leading Freedom fighter.
Last Call for Blackford Oakes is a 2005 Blackford Oakes novel by William F. Buckley, Jr. [1] It is the final of the 11 novels in the Blackford Oakes series. [1] Plot
The Blackford Oakes Reader is a 1999 book by William F. Buckley, Jr. [1] It is a literary book in which Buckley explains where, when, why and how he created his Blackford Oakes series. References [ edit ]
Stained Glass is an American spy thriller novel by William F. Buckley, Jr., the second of eleven novels in the Blackford Oakes series. [1] Its first paperback edition won a 1980 National Book Award in the one-year category Mystery (paperback). [ 2 ] [
This is a category for novels featuring Blackford Oakes, the fictional CIA agent created by William F. Buckley Jr. Pages in category "Blackford Oakes novels" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
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