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Singer Jane |
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Titolo |
Lincoln's secret spy : the Civil War case that changed the future of espionage / / Jane Singer and John Stewart |
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Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2015 |
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[Place of distribution not identified] : , : Distributed by National Book Network, , [date of distribution not identified] |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-4930-1738-1 |
1-4930-0810-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (329 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Spies - United States - History - 19th century |
Spies - United States |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Secret service |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Introduction""; ""1 I Was the President�s Spy""; ""2 My Old Kentucky Home""; ""3 Oh, to Be a Minstrel!""; ""4 W. Alvin Lloyd, Publisher""; ""5 Acolytes and Accomplices""; ""6 Escape from New York""; ""7 The Memphis Caper""; ""8 Of Actresses and Wives""; ""9 He Said He Would Hang Me""; ""10 Grave Suspicions""; ""11 Shot Down Like a Dog""; ""12 By Order of President Jefferson Davis""; ""13 Leaving Dixie""; ""14 Anatomy of a Fraud""; ""15 Lay of the Last Minstrel""; ""16 Post Lloyd Ergo Propter Lloyd""; ""Epilogue""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Sources""; ""Appendix""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<span><span>History remembers William Alvin Lloyd as the subject of </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Totten vs. United States</span><span>-which set precedent for espionage law-but was he a total fraud?</span><span style=""font-style:italic;""> Lincoln's Secret Spy </span><span>is a high-spirited historical caper about a notorious scoundrel who may have been Abraham Lincoln's secret agent in the Confederacy. </span></span> |
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