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A biography of America's first private eye, Allan Pinkerton, a Scottish-born cooper who got started in the field of investigation after inadvertantly uncovering a counterfeit ring, discussing his personal life, his role in the Civil War, and his adventures with bandits, bank robbers, kidnappers, and spies.
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From award-winning author Marissa Moss comes the first children's book about Allan Pinkerton, one of America's greatest detectives. Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln, but few know anything about the spy who saved him! Allan Pinkerton's life changed when he helped the Chicago Police Department track down a group of counterfeiters. From there, he became the first police detective in Chicago and established the country's most successful detective...
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The author describes the mystery surrounding the near- assassination of Lincoln as he made his way to Washington to be sworn in as the nation's sixteenth president. The story is written as an unfolding criminal proceeding, in which the author allows the reader to determine whether there was a true plot to kill Lincoln and if the perpetrators could have been brought to trial.
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"In February 1861 newly elected President Abraham Lincoln set out on a triumphant 2,000 mile cross-country railroad trip that would take him to his inauguration in Washington, D.C. At the same time, a band of fanatic southern Confederate sympathizers decided to stop Lincoln from reaching Washington and taking office. Furious because the new president's desire to end slavery threatened their way of life, they devised a secret plan: Lincoln would be...