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Mysterious messages : a history of codes and ciphers / Gary Blackwood ; designed and illustrated by Jason Henry.

Blackwood, Gary L. (Author). Henry, Jason, (illustrator.).

Summary:

From the ingenious ciphers of Italian princes to the spy books of the Civil War to the advanced techniques of the CIA, codes and code breaking have played important roles throughout history.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525479604
  • Physical Description: 170 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Dutton Children's Books, [2009]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical and web references (page 166) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Clay, wax and Greece -- The rise and fall of Rome -- Ham and Bacon -- A disk, a grille and a tableau -- Babington, beer and Baconian biliteralisim -- Prisons, pigpens and black chambers -- The two revolutions -- Security suffers some severe setbacks -- The blue and the gray (and the green and the brown) -- Agony, dancing men and buried treasure -- The manuscript, the machine and the Mexican message -- Romance, rum and Romaji -- Hounds, magicians and indians -- Bookies, spies and POWs -- Colossus, Lucifer and Kryptos.
Target Audience Note:
1150L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 9.5 5 133418.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject:
Ciphers > History > Juvenile literature.
Cryptography > History > Juvenile literature.

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  • 18 of 19 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Richlands Branch Library J652.8 BLA (Text) 36015001490057 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -

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