How Kate Warne Saved President Lincoln: The Story Behind the Nation's First Woman Detective

By Elizabeth Van Steenwyk

Book Overview

Nominee:
2017 Amelia Bloomer List, Early Readers Nonfiction

In 1856, when Kate Warne went to see Allan Pinkerton, only men were detectives. But Kate convinced Allan to hire her for his detective agency. She explained that she could worm out secrets where men could not goin disguise as a society lady Join Kate on her most important missionto thwart a plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the way to his inauguration.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807541176
• ISBN13: 9780807541173
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.1" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4