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Liar, temptress, soldier, spy : four women undercover in the Civil War / Karen Abbott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kahler, Abbott, 1973-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women spies.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service.
- United States.
- History.
- Secret service.
- Women spies--United States--Biography.
- Women spies--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
- Boyd, Belle, 1844-1900.
- Boyd, Belle.
- Greenhow, Rose O'Neal, 1814-1864.
- Greenhow, Rose O'Neal.
- Van Lew, Elizabeth L., 1818-1900.
- Van Lew, Elizabeth L.
- Bowser, Mary Elizabeth, approximately 1840-.
- Bowser, Mary Elizabeth.
- Military participation--Female.
- Women.
- United States--Confederate States of America.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 513 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014]
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- Splendid and silent suns (a note)
- 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
- 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
- When you think he may be killed tomorrow
- Bread or blood
- A wean that's born to be hung
- A dreadful blow
- No one ignorant of the danger
- La Belle Rebelle
- Women make war upon each other
- Please give us some of your blood
- That unhappy country
- Despicable remedies
- The sanctuary of a modest girl
- You are very poor company
- Be prudent and never come again
- Good-bye, 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
- The way a child loves its mother
- As this mighty work was done.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-495) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780062092892
- 0062092898
- OCLC:
- 878667621
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