Lincoln's Spymaster: Allan Pinkerton, America's First Private Eye Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
From Samantha Seiple, the award winning author of Ghosts in the Fog, comes the first book for young adults to tell the story of Allan Pinkerton, America's first private eye.Lincoln's Spymaster tells the dangerous and action-packed adventures of Allan Pinkerton, America's first private eye and Lincoln's most trusted spymaster.Pinkerton was just a poor immigrant barrel-maker in Illinois when he stumbled across his first case just miles from his home. His reputation grew and people began approaching Pinkerton with their cases, leading him to open the first-of-its-kind private detective agency. Pinkerton assembled a team of undercover agents, and together they caught train robbers, counterfeiters, and other outlaws. Soon these outlaws, including Jesse James, became their nemeses. Danger didn't stop the agency! The team even uncovered and stopped an assassination plot against president-elect Abraham Lincoln! Seeing firsthand the value of Pinkerton's service, Lincoln funded Pinkerton's spy network, a precursor to the Secret Service. Allan Pinkerton is known as the father of modern day espionage, and this is the first book for young adults to tell his story!
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Press (September 29, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0545708974
ISBN-13: 978-0545708975
Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 1 x 8.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #518,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #38 in Books > Teens > Historical Fiction > United States > Civil War Period #59 in Books > Teens > Education & Reference > History > United States > 19th Century #181 in Books > Teens > Biographies > Historical
This teen and tween biography of Allan Pinkerton, by Samantha Seiple, is just the ticket to get students interested in reading non-fiction.Lincoln's Spymaster is an easy, engaging read. Seiple's writing moves along crisply, telling us what we need to know and making the work of the spy, Allan Pinkerton, sound exciting and dangerous (which it surely was). The book is broken down to two parts, the first following Pinkerton and some of his associates, as spies during the Civil War era. What turned out to be a case of protecting the president (Abraham Lincoln) started out when the president of the railroad was concerned that there were plots to blow up train tracks. The details of Pinkerton's involvement are fascinating, and his use of disguise to infiltrate the plot has all the makings of a modern-day thriller.The second half of the book follows a slight change in Pinkerton's work as he moves being a spy to what today we might refer to as a bounty hunter, chasing down criminals. In this portion of the book we learn that Pinkerton crossed paths with some of the most notorious outlaws of the wild west, and the very name of the Pinkerton Agency became synonymous with successfully "getting their man."The Pinkerton's suffered a few set-backs, including not being able to protect criminals they had captured, from being killed by lynch-mobs, including criminals that were turned over in an extradition from Canada (which created some bad relations with our northern neighbors for the government).The book is well-furnished with photographs. My ARC didn't have the pictures identified, though many of the pictures I recognized from other history books, and more were fairly easy to determine what they were representing.For an adult reader, this book is very easy reading. I read through the entire book in a bit over an hour. It will be similarly easy for teens to get caught up in this book. It moves along well and is very exciting, with lots of great history. This is a case where people will learn something, without realizing that they are learning! I wish I'd had more history books like this when I was a student!Looking for a good book? Lincoln's Spymaster: Allan Pinkerton, by Samantha Seiple, is a wonderful biography for teen and tween readers and is sure to capture and hold their interest.I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Edelweiss, in exchange for an honest review.
It is difficult to find quality books for kids with a taste for history. Ms. Seiple has written one of them. My son loved it and commented it with great enthusiasm. I was so taken by his praise that I decided to read it myself. It was a good decision, for it allowed me to fully appreciate how much research and care was taken to create an account that is accurate and, at the same time, truly enticing. Highly recommended!
The greatest book I've EVER read.It seems you are part of the book.
Great book!!
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