The Spy of the Rebellion

by Allan Pinkerton

Book Overview

In this colorful narrative history, the founder of Pinkerton National Detective agency describes his successful thwarting of an assassination plot against President-elect Lincoln early in 1861 and his exploits as an operative during the crucial years of the Civil War. Allan Pinkerton, using the pseudonym of Major E. J. Allen, headed an espionage organization that fed information bout the Confederate Army to Major General George B. McClellan. At the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803287224
• ISBN13: 9780803287228
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 666 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"