03035nam 2200577 450 991079718590332120151005070322.01-4930-1738-11-4930-0810-2(CKB)3710000000383265(EBL)2007465(OCoLC)906575816(SSID)ssj0001459308(PQKBManifestationID)12624073(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001459308(PQKBWorkID)11456681(PQKB)10892971(MiAaPQ)EBC2007465(EXLCZ)99371000000038326520150415h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLincoln's secret spy the Civil War case that changed the future of espionage /Jane Singer and John StewartGuilford, Connecticut :Lyons Press,2015.[Place of distribution not identified] :Distributed by National Book Network,[date of distribution not identified]©20151 online resource (329 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: Singer, Jane. Lincoln's secret spy : the Civil War case that changed the future of espionage. Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, c2015 x, 310 pages 9781493008100 2015005202 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Introduction""; ""1 I Was the Presidentâ€?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""<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>SpiesUnited StatesHistory19th centurySpiesUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Secret serviceSpiesHistorySpies973.7/85092973.785092Singer Jane1479134Stewart John1952 March 5-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797185903321Lincoln's secret spy3695087UNINA