Scouts and Spies of the Civil War - Brossura

Beymer, William Gilmore

Brossura

ISBN 10: 080326206X ISBN 13: 9780803262065

Casa editrice: Bison Books, 2003

Riassunto

The Civil War was the backdrop for the formation of numerous secret service organizations and the theater for a host of characters involved in espionage from both the North and the South. The pool of spies and scouts comprised diverse individuals, ranging from eager young volunteers signing up for “extra dangerous duty” for their respective armies to society ladies spying for both the Union and the Confederacy. At the turn of the nineteenth century, William Gilmore Beymer went in search of the stories of these first spies and recorded his findings in Scouts and Spies of the Civil War. Beymer’s endeavor was one of the first attempts to move the study of Civil War scouts and spies away from the realm of “cloak and dagger” romance stories to historical research grounded in factual details. Included in this dynamic collection are personal narratives told to Beymer by a few surviving secret service operatives; stories pieced together from diaries, journals, letters, and archival research; and the remembrances of family and friends that tell of the mothers, daughters, fathers, and sons who risked their lives for their cause.

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L'autore:

William Gilmore Beymer (1881–1969) was the author of the novels 12:20 P.M. and The Middle of Midnight. William B. Feis is an associate professor of history at Buena Vista University and the author of Grant’s Secret Service: The Intelligence War from Belmont to Appomattox (Nebraska 2002).

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Book by Beymer William Gilmore

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• Editore: Bison Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 080326206X
• ISBN 13: 9780803262065
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 328
• Disegnatore: Pyle Howard