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Devil's game : the Civil War intrigues of Charles A. Dunham / Carman Cumming.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cumming, Carman.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spies--United States--Biography.
- Spies.
- Spies--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- Journalists--United States--Biography.
- Journalists.
- Swindlers and swindling--United States--Biography.
- Swindlers and swindling.
- Perjury--United States--History--19th century.
- Perjury.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Underground movements.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Journalists.
- Dunham, Charles A., 1832-1900.
- Dunham, Charles A.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (327 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first book-length study of one of the Civil War's most outlandish and mysterious characters Devil's Game traces the amazing career of Charles A. Dunham, Civil War spy, forger, journalist, and master of dirty tricks. Writing for a variety of New York papers under alternate names, Dunham routinely faked stories, created new identities, and later boldly cast himself to play those roles. He achieved his greatest infamy when he was called to testify in Washington concerning Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Many parts of Dunham's career remain shadowy, but Cumming offers the first detailed tour of Dunham's convoluted, high-stakes, international deceits, including his effort to sell Lincoln on plans for a raid to capture Jefferson Davis. Exhaustively researched and unprecedented in depth, this carefully crafted assessment of Dunham's motives, personality, and the complex effects of his schemes changes assumptions about covert operations during the Civil War.
- Contents:
- Chameleon
- "Cheats and forgeries"
- Castle thunder
- Reptile journalist
- Southern life
- Fire in the rear
- A message from Richmond
- "Private business"
- School for perjury
- Plots "shrewd and devilish"
- Scorpions in a bottle
- Impeachment
- "Protean maneuvers"
- Letters from Albany.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-296) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613223821
- 9781283223829
- 1283223821
- 9780252090929
- 0252090926
- OCLC:
- 785782159
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