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Mary Bowser and the Civil War spy ring / written by Enigma Alberti ; illustrated by Tony Cliff.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.1.A4 Mar 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alberti, Enigma, author.
- Series:
- Spy on history ; 1.
- Spy on history ; [1]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bowser, Mary Elizabeth, approximately 1840---Juvenile fiction.
- Bowser, Mary Elizabeth.
- Bowser, Mary Elizabeth, approximately 1840---Fiction.
- Bowser, Mary Elizabeth, approximately 1840-.
- American Civil War (1861-1865).
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female--Juvenile fiction.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service--Juvenile fiction.
- Spies--Fiction.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female--Fiction.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service--Fiction.
- African Americans--Fiction.
- Military participation--Female.
- Secret service.
- Genre:
- Biographical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Junior.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 94, [2] pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Workman Publishing, [2016]
- Summary:
- 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, in a sealed envelope to help the reader discover clues found in the text and illustrations.
- Notes:
- "Enigma Alberti is a nom de plume of a secret cadre of authors who are each writing a book in the Spy on History series." -- Cover.
- Cover has "Spy" cut out to reveal portrait of Mary Bowser. Bound in Spy kit envelope includes a replica of a Civil War cipher wheel, a red veneer for searching for codes within red images and other materials. The answers are all sealed with a red stamp.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 9780761187394
- 0761187391
- 9780761195863
- 0761195866
- OCLC:
- 962141043
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