Pinkertons, Prostitutes and Spies

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Pinkertons, Prostitutes and Spies is written by John Stewart and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1476637512 (ISBN 10) and 9781476637518 (ISBN 13).

Hattie Lawton was a young Pinkerton detective who with her partner, Timothy Webster, spied for the U.S. Secret Service during the Civil War. Working in Richmond, the two posed as husband and wife. A dazzling blonde from New York and a handsome Englishman, both with checkered pasts, they were matched in charm, cunning, duplicity and boldness. Betrayed by their own spymaster, Allan Pinkerton, they fell into the hands of the dictator of Richmond, the notorious General John H. "Hog" Winder. This lively history, scrupulously researched from all available sources, corrects the record on many points and definitively answers the long-standing question of Hattie Lawton's true identity.