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Author Alberti, Enigma, author.

Title Mary Bowser and the Civil War spy ring / written by Enigma Alberti ; illustrated by Tony Cliff.

Publication Info. New York : Workman Publishing, [2016]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1780942~S1
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 Nichols Juvenile Biography  J BIO BOWSER    AVAILABLE
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Description 75 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Series Spy on history
Note "Includes spycraft tools to uncover secret codes!"--Page 4 of cover.
Accelerated Reader MG 5.4 2 198007
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 5.4 2 198007
Subject Bowser, Mary Elizabeth, approximately 1840- -- Juvenile literature.
Spies -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Female -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service -- Juvenile literature.
Genre Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Added Author Cliff, Tony (Comic book author), illustrator.
ISBN 9780761187394 (alk. paper)
0761187391 (alk. paper)
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