Behind rebel lines : the incredible story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War spy / Seymour Reit
- Author:
- Reit, Seymour
- Published:
- San Diego, Calif. : Gulliver/Harcourt, 2001.
- Edition:
- 1st Gulliver books paperbacks ed.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 130 pages ; 18 cm.
- Series:
- Summary:
- 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.
- Subject(s):
- Edmonds, S. Emma E. (Sarah Emma Evelyn), 1841-1898—Juvenile literature
- Edmonds, S. Emma E. (Sarah Emma Evelyn), 1841-1898
- Spies—United States—Biography—Juvenile literature
- Spies
- United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Secret service—Juvenile literature
- United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Secret service
- ISBN:
- 0152164278 (pbk.)
- Note:
- Originally published: 1988.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130).
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