Lincoln's secret spy : the Civil War case that changed the future of espionage / / Jane Singer and John Stewart
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Singer Jane
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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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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-4930-1738-1 |
| 1-4930-0810-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815191703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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