Pinkerton's war
Subtitle: the Civil War's greatest spy and the birth of the U.S. Secret Service
By: Jay Bonansinga
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780762770724
Subjects: Detectives; Private investigators; Secret service; History; Biography; Pinkerton's National Detective Agency
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-267) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: The Calling; title: Tinderbox; title: Blood on the Wind; title: An Extremely Grave and Urgent Matter; title: Into the Breach; title: The Baltimore Plot; title: A Strange and Almost Weird Presentiment; title: The Drawing of the Red; title: Counterplot; title: Cutting the Wires; title: On the Night Train; title: Nocturne on a Lonely Platform; title: In the Kiln of Prophecy; title: That Which Is Most Dangerous; title: The Thorn of the Rose; title: A Nest of Lovely Snakes; title: Darkening Skies; title: The Devil Is No Match for a Clever Woman; title: The Endless Time of Never Coming Back; title: Sealed in a Fever; title: The Worm Turning; title: Desperation County; title: The Whisper of the Gallows; title: Death Be Not Proud; title: Theater of Blood and Regret; title: Under the Providence of God; title: High Lonesome.