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Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A story of a nineteen-year-old woman who disguised herself as a man to avoid an unwanted marriage and who distinguished herself as a male nurse during the Civil War, and later as a spy for the Union Army.
Author
Series
Spy on history volume 1
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
75 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
During the Civil War, African American Mary Bowser becomes a maid in the Richmond mansion of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis, as part of a plan to pass along secrets to help the Union. Includes a replica of a Confederate decoder, plus other spycraft materials to help the reader discover clues found in the text and illustrations.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2025]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"A legendary freedom fighter turns spy to spoil Confederate plans. A pioneering detective stops an assassination attempt on Abraham Lincoln. A courageous star uses her acting skills as a cover to gather war secrets. These gripping, true stories of espionage shifted the course of the Civil War. Who were these daring individuals who spied for their cause, and how did they manage to deliver secrets to the Union Army in the northern United States? Jam-packed...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
373 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The three wily and beautiful McDougal sisters can swindle a man faster than it takes to lasso a calf. But their luck is running out. When the wagon carrying them to jail falls under attack, each sister is picked up by a different man. Unfortunately for Abigail, she's grabbed by a twit of a shoe salesman, Mr. Hershall Digman. After stealing his horse, she discovers the secret papers in his saddlebag. Could Digman be a Confederate spy? The man who comes...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 513 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 270 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"James Bulloch, a sea captain turned Confederate agent, arrived in Liverpool at a crucial moment during the U.S. Civil War: a Union blockade was preventing Southern cotton exports from reaching Britain, threatening to destroy what was left of the Confederate economy-unless Bulloch could secretly arrange for the construction of a fleet of warships to break the northern grip on the South. Shortly thereafter, Union operative Thomas Dudley, a pious Quaker...