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Author:

Alberti, Enigma, author.

Title:

Mary Bowser and the Civil War spy ring / Enigma Alberti ; illustrated by Tony Cliff.

Publisher:

Workman Publishing CompanyInc.,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

75 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Bowser, Mary Elizabeth,--approximately 1840---Juvenile fiction.
Bowser, Mary Elizabeth,--approximately 1840---Fiction.
Spy stories
African Americans--Fiction.
Historical fiction--Juvenile fiction.
United States--Participation, Female--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female--Juvenile fiction.
United States--Secret service--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service--Juvenile fiction.
United States--Participation, Female--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female--Fiction.
United States--Secret service--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Cliff, Tony (Comic book author), illustrator.

Summary:

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.

Series:

Spy on history ; [1]

ISBN:

0761187391 (alk. paper)
9780761187394 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2016048230

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)