The secret of the key and crowbar
Subtitle: a story of the Civil War
By: by Mary Carroll Brooks ; as told to O.S. Barton in 1917 ; with forward [sic.], footnotes and appendices added
Contributors: Barton, O. S. (Oswald Swinney), 1862-1925; Quinn, T. Anthony, 1941-
Publisher: T. Anthony Quinn
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Sacramento, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
Subjects: Anecdotes; History; Personal narratives; Prisoner-of-war escapes; Women; Brothers and sisters; Biography
Other titles: Unwritten history of the famous key and crowbar
Notes: Original title: Unwritten history of the famous key and crowbar, actual facts related by Mrs. M.C. Brooks, who made this key and carried the crowbar into a federal prison and liberated her brother ... cover.

"July 2005."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Forward; title: Secret of the key and crowbar (1917) [chapters I-XI]; title: Epilogue: a tribute to the memory of Mrs. Mary Carroll Brooks; title: Appendix A: presentation by Mary Carroll Brooks, United Daughters of the Confederacy (1909); title: Appendix B: Civil War record Thomas Brooking Brooks; title: Appendix C: James Brooking Brooks; title: Appendix D: Mrs. Brooks, who died here, had eventful life; title: Appendix E: James Carroll; title: Appendix F: Daniel Carroll; title: Appendix G: Execution of Lieutenant Brownlee; title: Appendix H: Mary Carroll and Thomas Brooks family history; title: Appendix I: Family of Mary Carroll and Thomas Brooks [lists children and grandchildren]