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Author Bonansinga, Jay R.

Title Pinkerton's war : the Civil War's greatest spy and the birth of the U.S. Secret Service / Jay Bonansinga.

Imprint Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2012.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.785 P655Bb 2012    ---  Available
Description xvi, 272 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-267) and index.
Summary "A thrilling historical account of Allan Pinkerton's pivotal role as spymaster of the Civil War and forefather of the Secret Service"--P. [4] of jacket.
Contents Machine generated contents note: The Calling -- Tinderbox -- Blood on the Wind -- An Extremely Grave and Urgent Matter -- Into the Breach -- The Baltimore Plot -- A Strange and Almost Weird Presentiment -- The Drawing of the Red -- Counterplot -- Cutting the Wires -- On the Night Train -- Nocturne on a Lonely Platform -- In the Kiln of Prophecy -- That Which Is Most Dangerous -- The Thorn of the Rose -- A Nest of Lovely Snakes -- Darkening Skies -- The Devil Is No Match for a Clever Woman -- The Endless Time of Never Coming Back -- Sealed in a Fever -- The Worm Turning -- Desperation County -- The Whisper of the Gallows -- Death Be Not Proud -- Theater of Blood and Regret -- Under the Providence of God -- High Lonesome.
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service.
Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884.
Pinkerton's National Detective Agency -- History.
Detectives -- United States -- Biography.
Private investigators -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9780762770724
0762770724

 
    
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