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Lincoln's spymaster : Allan Pinkerton, America's first private eye / Samantha Seiple.
A biography of the Scottish immigrant barrel-maker whose side line detective work developed into the oldest and most famous detective agency in the United States.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780545708975
- ISBN: 0545708974
- Physical Description: 211 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, ©2015.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I: Spymaster -- Prologue: Into the Conspirators' Nest -- Chapter 1: An Unsuspecting Detective -- Chapter 2: A Murderous Plot -- Chapter 3: Midnight Mission -- Chapter 4: At Your Secret Service -- Chapter 5: A Sharp-Dressed Man -- Chapter 6: Rebel Rose -- Chapter 7: Every Rose Has a Thorn -- Chapter 8: No Way Out -- Chapter 9: The Bloodiest Day -- Part II: Outlaw Hunter -- Chapter 10: Reign of Terror -- Chapter 11: Wanted Dead or Alive -- Chapter 12: The James-Younger Gang -- Chapter 13: Dead Man in the Road -- Chapter 14: The Final Showdown -- Chapter 15: End of Days -- Epilogue: Pinkerton's Legacy -- Source Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author. |
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Summary:
A biography of the Scottish immigrant barrel-maker whose side line detective work developed into the oldest and most famous detective agency in the United States.
