Behind rebel lines : the incredible story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War spy / Seymour Reit.
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TextSeries: Great episodes: Publisher: San Diego : Gulliver Books/Harcourt, 2001Copyright date: ©1988Edition: First Gulliver Books Paperbacks editionDescription: ix, 130 pages ; 18 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0152164278; 9780152164270; 0613371879; 9780613371872; 9781439517680; 1439517681Other title: Incredible story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War spySubject(s): Edmonds, S. Emma E. (Sarah Emma Evelyn), 1841-1898 -- Juvenile literature | Edmonds, S. Emma E. (Sarah Emma Evelyn), 1841-1898 | Edmonds, S. Emma E. (Sarah Emma Evelyn), 1841-1898 | American Civil War (1861-1865) | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service -- Juvenile literature | Spies -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Spies | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service | Secret service | Spies | United States | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service -- Juvenile literature | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service | 1861-1865Genre/Form: Biography. | History. | Juvenile works.DDC classification: 973.7/85 LOC classification: E608.E235 | R45 2001Summary: When war erupts between the States in 1861, President Lincoln makes an impassioned plea for volunteers. Determined not to remain on the sidelines, young Emma Edmonds poses as a man and enlists in the Union Army, becoming a cunning master of disguise, risking discovery and death behind Confederate lines. Illustrations. In 1861, when war erupted between the States, President Lincoln made an impassioned plea for volunteers. Determined not to remain on the sidelines, Emma Edmonds cropped her hair, donned men's clothing, and enlisted in the Union Army. Posing in turn as a slave, peddler, washerwoman, and fop, Emma became a cunning master of disguise, risking discovery and death at every turn behind Confederate lines.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130).
When war erupts between the States in 1861, President Lincoln makes an impassioned plea for volunteers. Determined not to remain on the sidelines, young Emma Edmonds poses as a man and enlists in the Union Army, becoming a cunning master of disguise, risking discovery and death behind Confederate lines. Illustrations. In 1861, when war erupted between the States, President Lincoln made an impassioned plea for volunteers. Determined not to remain on the sidelines, Emma Edmonds cropped her hair, donned men's clothing, and enlisted in the Union Army. Posing in turn as a slave, peddler, washerwoman, and fop, Emma became a cunning master of disguise, risking discovery and death at every turn behind Confederate lines.
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