Pinkerton's war, the Civil War's greatest spy and the birth of the U.S. Secret Service, Jay Bonansinga
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Pinkerton's war, the Civil War's greatest spy and the birth of the U.S. Secret Service, Jay Bonansinga
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-267) and index
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non fiction
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Pinkerton's war
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bibliography
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757736355
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Jay Bonansinga
Sub title
the Civil War's greatest spy and the birth of the U.S. Secret Service
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
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Calling -- ch. One Tinderbox -- ch. Two Blood on the Wind -- ch. Three An Extremely Grave and Urgent Matter -- ch. Four Into the Breach -- pt. II The Baltimore Plot -- ch. Five A Strange and Almost Weird Presentiment -- ch. Six The Drawing of the Red -- ch. Seven Counterplot -- ch. Eight Cutting the Wires -- ch. Nine On the Night Train -- ch. Ten Nocturne on a Lonely Platform -- ch. Eleven In the Kiln of Prophecy -- ch. Twelve That Which Is Most Dangerous -- pt. III The Thorn of the Rose -- ch. Thirteen A Nest of Lovely Snakes -- ch. Fourteen Darkening Skies -- ch. Fifteen The Devil Is No Match for a Clever Woman -- pt. IV The Endless Time of Never Coming Back -- ch. Sixteen Sealed in a Fever -- ch. Seventeen The Worm Turning -- ch. Eighteen Desperation County -- ch. Nineteen The Whisper of the Gallows -- ch. Twenty Death Be Not Proud -- ch. Twenty-One Theater of Blood and Regret -- ch. Twenty-Two Under the Providence of God -- ch. Twenty-Three High Lonesome
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