Congratulations to tour winner Michelle L. and to host winner Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews.
Thank you for your interest in hosting this tour, but all stops have been filled.
Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Book Tour for Velvalee Dickinson: The Doll Woman Spy by Barbara Casey, a Nonfiction/Biography/True Crime available April 1 from Strategic Media Books. The tour will run April 1 - April 12, and Barbara Casey is available for guest post and interviews. A PDF copy of the book is available for review in conjunction with a guest post or interview.
Barbara Casey will be awarding a $20 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a $20 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host.
Velvalee Dickinson was born in Sacramento, California, graduated from Stanford University, married three times, and then in the early 1930s moved to New York City where she eventually opened her own exclusive doll shop on the prestigious Madison Avenue. It was there that she built her reputation as an expert in rare, antique, and foreign dolls. She traveled extensively around the country lecturing and exhibiting her dolls while building a wealthy clientele that included Hollywood stars, members of high society, and other collectors.
When medical bills started to accumulate because of her husband’s poor health and business started to fail with the onset of World War II, she accepted the role as a spy for the Imperial Japanese Government. By hiding coded messages in her correspondence about dolls, she was able to pass on to her Japanese contacts critical military information about the US warships. After surveilling Velvalee for over a year, the FBI arrested her and charged her with espionage and violation of censorship laws. She became the first American woman to face the death penalty on charges of spying for a wartime enemy.
Velvalee Dickinson: The “Doll Woman” Spy is a carefully researched glimpse into the “Doll Woman’s” life as a collector of dolls, and as the highest paid American woman who spied for the Imperial Japanese Government during World War II.
April 1: Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews
April 2: Rogue's Angels
April 3: Fabulous and Brunette
April 4: All the Ups and Downs
April 5: Edgar's Books
April 8: Our Town Book Reviews - review only
April 8: It's Raining Books
April 9: Locks, Hooks and Books - review only
April 11: BooksChatter
April 11: This and That Book Blog
April 12: Kit 'N Kabookle - review only
