Lincoln's spymaster : Allan Pinkerton, America's first private eye / Samantha Seiple.
| Author/creator | Seiple, Samantha author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Scholastic Press, [2015] |
| Copyright Date | ©2015 |
| Description | 211 pages : illustrations, map, photographs ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index. |
| Audience | 990 Lexile |
| Study program note | Reading Counts |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2016304611 |
| ISBN | 9780545708975 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0545708974 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780545908214 (school market) |
| ISBN | 0545908213 (school market) |