Lincoln's spymaster : Allan Pinkerton, America's first private eye / Samantha Seiple.

Author/creator Seiple, Samantha author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Scholastic Press, [2015]
Copyright Date©2015
Description211 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index.
Audience 990 Lexile
Study program note Reading Counts
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2016304611
ISBN9780545708975 (hardcover)
ISBN0545708974 (hardcover)
ISBN9780545908214 (school market)
ISBN0545908213 (school market)