Lincoln’s Spies by Douglas Waller

 

Title:  Lincoln’s Spies:  Their Secret War to Save a Nation

Author:  Douglas Waller

Narrated by:  Danny Campbell

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Length: Approximately 18 hours and 53 minutes

Source: Review Copy from Simon & Schuster.  Thank-you!

 Do you listen to audiobooks when you are on a long drive?  If so, what types of audiobooks do you like to listen to?

 We had a family discussion and picked Lincoln’s Spies by Douglas Waller for our audiobook to listen to on our family vacation to Gettysburg, Washington DC, and the Williamsburg area.  It was the perfect book to listen to as it went well with our stops in Gettysburg, at the Spy Museum, and our Lincoln Assassination Tour. 

 We thought this nonfiction book was going to be a look at four different spies during the war, Allan Pinkerton, George Sharpe, Elizabeth Van Lew, and Lafayette Baker.  While these four spies were certainly prominent, the book instead was more of a deep dive look into how intelligence or the lack thereof was the deciding factor in so many battles during the Civil War.  Lincoln was a great interpreter of the information he received from spies to determine what to do next.  This book focuses mostly on Union spies and the Eastern front.  It was great research and a very interesting different look into the Civil War. 

 Danny Campbell was a good narrator and this book was interesting to listen to on our journey.  The boys were vested in it and wanted to keep listening to it as we traveled.