02096cam a2200313 4500 551460240 TxAuBib 20161018120000.0 160808|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016035982 9781683242246 hardcover : alk. paper 1683242246 hardcover : alk. paper DLC eng DLC TxAuBib Peterson, Doug. The Lincoln League : Inspired by a true story / Doug Peterson. Center Point Large Print ed hardcover. Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Large Print, 2016. 2013. 447 p. (large print.) John Scobell, a former slave, has been treated as an invisible man for all of his life. Now he is a spy for the Union, and he collects secrets in northern Virginia as the Civil War marches down upon the land. But he has no idea that Peg, the wife he left behind in Richmond, has a secret of her own. Peg has also decided to become a Union spy in the heart of the Confederacy, uncovering information about Rebel experiments with submarines that could change the course of the war. This book is inspired by the true story of John Scobell, one of the first African American spies in our nation's intelligence service. This thrilling novel also tells the little-known story of the Lincoln League, an extensive network of African American spies operating right under the noses of their Southern masters. In the beginning, John saw the war as a fight for honor and freedom. But his world unravels when someone begins picking off Lincoln League agents, one by one. For John and Peg, it suddenly becomes a fight for survival. (from back cover). 20161018. Scobell, John Fiction. African Americans Fiction. Soldiers United States History 19th century Fiction. Large type books. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Fiction. Spy stories. Biographical fiction.