Janeczko, Paul B.

Top secret : a handbook of codes, ciphers, and secret writing Paul B. Janeczko ; illustrated by Jenna LaReau. - 1st ed. - Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2004. - 136 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Nonsecret codes -- book code -- dictionary code -- Codetalking -- Pig Latin -- Turkish Irish -- Caesar cipher -- St. Cyr slide -- Keyboard cipher -- Morse code -- Semaphore -- Pigpen cipher -- Rosicrucian cipher -- Date shift cipher -- Greek square cipher -- Greek skytale -- Rail fence cipher -- Route transposition cipher -- Codebreaking -- Early concealment techniques -- Null cipher -- Cardano grille -- Word grille -- Space code -- Playing card code -- Dot cipher -- Line cipher -- Zigzag cipher -- Invisible inks.

A handbook for the budding cryptographer including codes and ciphers, invisible inks, concealment techniques, spy stories and some history.



0763609714 (alk. paper)

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Cryptography--Juvenile literature.
Ciphers--Juvenile literature.

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