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Mary Bowser and the Civil War spy ring Enigma Alberti ; illustrated by Tony Cliff
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PZ 7.1 .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.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female--Juvenile fiction.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service--Juvenile fiction.
- Bowser, Mary Elizabeth, approximately 1840---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.
- Bowser, Mary Elizabeth, approximately 1840-.
- American Civil War (1861-1865).
- Military participation--Female.
- Secret service.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Spy stories.
- Biographical fiction.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 94 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : 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:
- "Includes spycraft tools to uncover secret codes!"--Back cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- The HSP Pedagogical Collection
- The Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complementary Collection
- ISBN:
- 9780761187394
- 0761187391
- OCLC:
- 962141043
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