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Lincoln's secret spy : the Civil War case that changed the future of espionage / / Jane Singer and John Stewart



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Autore: Singer Jane Visualizza persona
Titolo: Lincoln's secret spy : the Civil War case that changed the future of espionage / / Jane Singer and John Stewart Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2015
[Place of distribution not identified] : , : Distributed by National Book Network, , [date of distribution not identified]
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
Disciplina: 973.7/85092
973.785092
Soggetto topico: Spies - United States - History - 19th century
Spies - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Secret service
Persona (resp. second.): StewartJohn <1952 March 5->
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: ""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""
Sommario/riassunto: <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>
Titolo autorizzato: Lincoln's secret spy  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4930-1738-1
1-4930-0810-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910797185903321
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