| Description |
xiii, 513 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Contents |
Splendid and Silent Suns (A Note) -- Part one: 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 -- Part two: 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 -- Part three: 1863 -- When You Think He May Be Killed Tomorrow -- Bread Or Blood -- A Wean That's Born To Be Hung -- A dreadful blow -- No One Ignorant of the Danger -- La Belle Rebelle -- Women Make War Upon Each Other -- Please Give Us Some of Your Blood -- Part four: 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 -- Part five: 1865 -- The Way A Child Loves Its Mother -- As This Mighty Work Was Done -- Epilogue. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-495) and index. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Female.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
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Women spies -- Biography.
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Women spies -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
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Boyd, Belle, 1844-1900.
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Greenhow, Rose O'Neal, 1814-1864.
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Van Lew, Elizabeth L., 1818-1900.
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Bowser, Mary Elizabeth, approximately 1840-
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| ISBN |
9780062092892 |
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9780062092908(paperback) |
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