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Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War - Karen Abbott
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
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An Amazon Best Book of 2014 A Library Journal Best Book of 2014 A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of 2014Belle BoydEmma EdmondsRose O'Neal GreenhowElizabeth Van LewIn Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, bestselling author Karen Abbott tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked... show more
An Amazon Best Book of 2014 A Library Journal Best Book of 2014 A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of 2014Belle BoydEmma EdmondsRose O'Neal GreenhowElizabeth Van LewIn Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, bestselling author Karen Abbott tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything—their homes, their families, and their very lives—during the Civil War.
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9780062092915 (006209291X)
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 528
Edition language: English
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Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it
4.0 Well worth reading but
This is a very readable book about four women during the American Civil War. Abbott choses two women from the Union and two from the Confedracy. Why these four is somewhat unclear - perhaps the least well known is Elizabeth van Lew or Emma Edmonds. Belle Boyd and Rose Greenhow are more well known.An...
SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady
SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady rated it
5.0 Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy
I spent much of the last few days in bed, so it was a real treat to have a good book to read while I was there. This was that book. Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy looks at the lives of four women, who at one point or another played any or all of these roles, in the American Civil War. (OK, only o...
Reader! Reader!
Reader! Reader! rated it
3.0 Liar Temptress Soldier Spy
Abbott looks at 4 women who served their respective countries during the Civil War: Belle Boyd and Rose Greenhow of the Confederacy, and Emma Edmonds and Elizabeth Van Lew of the US. While Edmonds was the soldier and Van Lew certainly a spy--I am not clear on who was the Liar and the Temptress, beca...
FictionZeal
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3.5 from FictionZeal.com re: Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott
As a woman, what would make you go to war in 1861? To be beside your husband? Pure loyalty to the cause? Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy delves into the history of four courageous women who took part in the Civil War. High spirited seventeen-year-old Belle Boyd began packing a Colt 1849 pistol. W...
Thewanderingjew
Thewanderingjew rated it
4.0 A story about the part women played in the Civil War!
Karen Abbott has written a well researched narrative that tells the true story of four courageous women who wanted to serve their President and their country, although some of us may not support the President or side for which they fought. Perhaps the true origin of the Civil War lies in economic is...
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