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050 0 0 _aE608
_b.A22 2014
082 0 0 _a973.7/85
_223
100 1 _aAbbott, Karen,
_d1973-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aLiar, temptress, soldier, spy :
_bfour women undercover in the Civil War /
_cKaren Abbott.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
_c[2014?]
300 _a513 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 437-495) and index.
505 0 _aSplendid and Silent Suns (A Note) -- [1] 1861 -- The Fastest Girl in Virginia (or anywhere else for that matter) -- Our Woman -- A Shaft In Her Quiver -- As If They Were Chased By Demons -- Never As Pretty As Her Portrait Shows -- Little Rebel Heart On Fire -- Admirable Self-Denial -- The Birds of the Air -- The Secret Room -- Stakeout -- Hard to Name -- Crinoline and Quinine -- Dark and Gloomy Perils -- Unmasked -- The Defenseless Sex -- [2] 1862 -- Not Your Ideal of a Beautiful Soldier -- She Will Fool You Out of Your Eyes -- Rebel Vixens of the Slave States -- Wise As Serpents and Harmless As Doves -- A Woman Usually Tells All She Knows -- A Slave Called "Ned" -- Perfectly Insane On the Subject of Men -- The Other Side of the River -- My Love to All the Dear Boys -- One Grain of Manhood -- The Madam Looks Much Changed -- The Secesh Cleopatra -- The Bright Rush of Life, The Hurry of Death -- She Breathes, She Burns -- The Still, Small Voice -- Richmond Underground -- Playing Dead -- [3] 1863 -- When You Think He May Be Killed Tomorrow -- Bread Or Blood -- A Wean That's Born To Be Hung -- Forgive You All the Same -- No One Ignorant of the Danger -- La Belle Rebelle -- Women Make War Upon Each Other -- Please Give Us Some of Your Blood -- [4] 1864 -- That Unhappy Country -- Despicable Remedies -- The Sanctuary of a Modest Girl -- You Are Very Poor Company -- Be Prudent And Never Come Again -- Goodbye, Mrs. Greenhow -- This Verdict of Lunacy -- The Delicacy of the Situation -- Not At All Changed By Death -- The Sweet Little Man -- Like Most of Her Sex -- [5] 1865 -- The Way A Child Loves Its Mother -- As This Mighty Work Was Done -- Epilogue.
510 4 _aPublishers Weekly,
_cMay 26, 2014
510 4 _aBookPage,
_cSeptember 01, 2014
510 4 _aBooklist,
_cAugust 01, 2014
510 4 _aKirkus Reviews,
_cJune 15, 2014
520 2 _a"The never-before-told story of four real-life women who risked everything to take on a life of espionage during the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.
521 1 _aAdult.
_bBrodart
521 2 _aAdult.
_bBrodart
600 1 0 _aBoyd, Belle,
_d1844-1900.
600 1 0 _aGreenhow, Rose O'Neal,
_d1814-1864.
600 1 0 _aVan Lew, Elizabeth L.,
_d1818-1900.
600 1 0 _aBowser, Mary Elizabeth,
_dapproximately 1840-
650 0 _aWomen spies
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aWomen spies
_zConfederate States of America
_vBiography.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xSecret service.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xParticipation, Female.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xWomen.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_vBiography.
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