Describes the lives and wartime exploits of six women who were spies during the Civil War. Includes Sarah Emma Edmonds, Belle Boyd, Pauline Cushman, Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Elizabeth Van Lew, and Belle Edmondson.
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Grade 8 Up-This book covers a fascinating aspect of the war. Sarah Emma Edmonds, disguised as Franklin Thompson, volunteered as a nurse and then became a Federal spy who traveled into the South on numerous missions, using a variety of disguises. Belle Boyd was a well-educated debutante who became a Confederate operative. Caravantes dedicates about 15 pages to each individual, focusing on her clandestine activities but also touching on her life before and after the war. A black-and-white photo or illustration of each figure completes this readable book.
Patricia Ann Owens, Wabash Valley College, Mt. Carmel, IL
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Patricia Ann Owens, Wabash Valley College, Mt. Carmel, IL
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Gr. 5-8. This collective biography spotlights six women who spied for their countries during the Civil War: Sarah Emma Edmonds, Pauline Cushman, and Elizabeth Van Lew for the Union, and Belle Boyd, Rose O'Neal Greenhow, and Belle Edmondson for the Confederacy. Their action-packed stories include daring escapes, clever disguises, feigned madness, and sometimes, foiled plans. Photographs of people and places mentioned will help young readers envision the women and their surroundings. Source notes, a glossary, and a bibliography are appended. Carolyn Phelan
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Details the lives of six women spies of the Civil War,
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This review is from: Petticoat Spies: Six Women Spies of the Civil War (Notable Americans) (Library Binding)
Peggy Caravantes' Petticoat Spies details the lives of six women spies of the Civil War, telling of women who found unusual ways to participate in the war on both Confederate and Union sides. Descriptions and events read like fiction with high drama, but are based on facts. Both will intrigue middleschool level readers.
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When the Confederate troops around Charleston, South Carolina, fired on Fort Sumter on the night of April 12, 1861, the country plunged into the most devastating war in American history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
travel pass, provost marshal, rebel soldiers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Front Royal, Van Lew, United States, Civil War, Pauline Cushman, Frank Thompson, Old Capitol Prison, Jefferson Davis, Belle Edmondson, General Bragg, General Jackson, Library of Congress, Major Tyndale, New Orleans, Elm Ridge, Mary Elizabeth, San Francisco, Sarah Emma Edmonds, Allen Hall, Captain Blackman, Chickahominy River, Libby Prison New!
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When the Confederate troops around Charleston, South Carolina, fired on Fort Sumter on the night of April 12, 1861, the country plunged into the most devastating war in American history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
travel pass, provost marshal, rebel soldiers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Front Royal, Van Lew, United States, Civil War, Pauline Cushman, Frank Thompson, Old Capitol Prison, Jefferson Davis, Belle Edmondson, General Bragg, General Jackson, Library of Congress, Major Tyndale, New Orleans, Elm Ridge, Mary Elizabeth, San Francisco, Sarah Emma Edmonds, Allen Hall, Captain Blackman, Chickahominy River, Libby Prison New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Spies of the Confederacy (Civil War) by John Bakeless in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies by Elizabeth D. Leonard in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Swords and Roses (Essay index reprint series) by Joseph Hergesheimer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Patriots in Disguise: Women Warriors of the Civil War (First Edition) by Richard Hall in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Nurse and Spy in the Union Army by S. Emma E. Edmonds in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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