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001 2014013602
003 DLC
005 20141205085122.0
008 140421s2014 nyuab b 001 0ceng
010 $a 2014013602
020 $a9780062092892 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
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050 00 $aE608$b.A25 2014
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100 1 $aAbbott, Karen,$d1973-
245 10 $aLiar, temptress, soldier, spy :$bfour women undercover in the Civil War /$cKaren Abbott.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,$c[2014]
300 $axiii, 513 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 483-495) and index.
520 2 $a"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.
505 0 $aSplendid and Silent Suns (A Note) -- [1] 1861 -- 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 -- [2] 1862 -- 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 -- [3] 1863 -- When You Think He May Be Killed Tomorrow -- Bread Or Blood -- A Wean That's Born To Be Hung -- Forgive You All the Same -- No One Ignorant of the Danger -- La Belle Rebelle -- Women Make War Upon Each Other -- Please Give Us Some of Your Blood -- [4] 1864 -- That Unhappy Country -- Despicable Remedies -- The Sanctuary of a Modest Girl -- You Are Very Poor Company -- Be Prudent And Never Come Again -- Goodbye, 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 -- [5] 1865 -- The Way A Child Loves Its Mother -- As This Mighty Work Was Done -- Epilogue.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xSecret service.
650 0 $aWomen spies$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aWomen spies$zConfederate States of America$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xParticipation, Female.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xWomen.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vBiography.
600 10 $aBoyd, Belle,$d1844-1900.
600 10 $aGreenhow, Rose O'Neal,$d1814-1864.
600 10 $aVan Lew, Elizabeth L.,$d1818-1900.
600 10 $aBowser, Mary Elizabeth,$dapproximately 1840-