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Kings
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The Union Secret Service (initially led by Allan Pinkerton; and, later, by Lafayette C. Baker) attempts to suppress the Knights of the Golden Circle, a secessionist-terrorist organization, during the American Civil War.

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Release dateDec 1, 1982
ISBN9781540149206
Kings
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J. Clayton Rogers

I am the author of more than ten novels. I was born and raised in Virginia, where I currently reside. I was First-Place Winner of the Hollins Literary Festival a number of years ago. Among the judges were Thomas (Little Big Man) Berger and R.M.W. Dillard, poet and husband of the writer Annie Dillard.

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