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Author
Publisher
HarperLuxe
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st HarperLuxe (large print) ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 658 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Mary Bowser, a freed slave, who returns to Virginia to care for her ailing father and fight for emancipation spying on the Confederates.
Author
Series
Spy on history volume 1
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Language
English
Description
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.
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