"A thrilling historical account of Allan Pinkerton's pivotal role as spymaster of the Civil War and forefather of the Secret Service"--P. [4] of jacket.

Machine generated contents note: The Calling -- Tinderbox -- Blood on the Wind -- An Extremely Grave and Urgent Matter -- Into the Breach -- The Baltimore Plot -- A Strange and Almost Weird Presentiment -- The Drawing of the Red -- Counterplot -- Cutting the Wires -- On the Night Train -- Nocturne on a Lonely Platform -- In the Kiln of Prophecy -- That Which Is Most Dangerous --The Thorn of the Rose -- A Nest of Lovely Snakes -- Darkening Skies -- The Devil Is No Match for a Clever Woman -- The Endless Time of Never Coming Back -- Sealed in a Fever -- The Worm Turning -- Desperation County -- The Whisper of the Gallows -- Death Be Not Proud -- Theater of Blood and Regret -- Under the Providence of God -- High Lonesome.