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Mysterious messages a history of codes and ciphers

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.

Main Author: Blackwood, Gary L.
Other Authors: Henry, Jason (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Dutton Children's Books, c2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Cryptography > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
Ciphers > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
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.
Physical Description: 170 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical and web references (p. 166) and index.
ISBN: 9780525479604 (hardcover) :
0525479600 (hardcover) :
Author Notes: Gary L. Blackwood sold his first story when he was nineteen, and has been writing and publishing stories, articles, plays, novels, and nonfiction books regularly ever since. His stage plays have won awards and been produced in university and regional theatre. Nonfiction subjects he's covered include biography, history, and paranormal phenomena. His juvenile novels, which include WILD TIMOTHY, THE DYING SUN , and THE SHAKESPEARE STEALER , are set in a wide range of times and places, from Elizabethan England to a parallel universe. Several have received special recognition and been translated into other languages. He and his wife and kids live outside Carthage, MO.

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