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Double Death : The True Story of Pryce Lewis, the Civil War's Most Daring Spy
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- Special Attributes
- Dust Jacket
- Subjects
- History & Military
- ISBN
- 9780802717696
- Book Title
- Double Death : the True Story of Pryce Lewis, the Civil War's Most Daring Spy
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publisher
- Walker & Company
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Espionage, Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Law Enforcement
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Item Weight
- 17.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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After an elderly man jumped from New York's Pulitzer Building in 1911, his death made the front page of the New York Times : "World Dome Suicide a Famous War Spy." By then Pryce Lewis had slipped entirely offstage; but, as Gavin Mortimer reveals, the headline did him justice, speaking to the dramatic, vitally important, and until now untold role he had played in the Civil War. Emigrating to the United States in 1856, Lewis was soon employed as an operative by Allan Pinkerton in his newly established detective agency. Early in the Civil War Pinkerton offered the agency to President Lincoln as a secret service, spying on Southern forces and insurrectionists. Civilian spies proved crucial to both sides early on; indeed, intelligence gathered by Lewis helped give the Union army its first victory, three days after the defeat at Bull Run. Within a year, though, he and fellow Brit Timothy Webster, another Pinkerton operative, were captured in Richmond, and their high-profile trial and conviction in a Confederate court changed the course of wartime espionage. Lewis was spared the hangman's noose, but Webster was executed, and thereafter spying was left to military personnel rather than civilians. Narrative history at its best, in recounting Pryce Lewis's gripping story, Double Death offers new angles on the Civil War, illuminating the early years of the Pinkerton Agency and the shadow world of spying throughout the war, as well as the often overlooked impact that Britain had on both sides.
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Publisher
Walker & Company
ISBN-10
0802717691
ISBN-13
9780802717696
eBay Product ID (ePID)
79775768
Product Key Features
Book Title
Double Death : the True Story of Pryce Lewis, the Civil War's Most Daring Spy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Espionage, Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Law Enforcement
Publication Year
2010
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
E608.L48m67 2010
Copyright Date
2010
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2009-047232
Dewey Decimal
973.7/85092 B
Dewey Edition
22
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