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Author:

Moss, Marissa.

Title:

Nurse, soldier, spy : the story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War hero / Marissa Moss ; [illustrated by] John Hendrix.

Publisher:

Abrams Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

47 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Edmonds, S. Emma E.--(Sarah Emma Evelyn),--1841-1898--Juvenile literature.
Nurses--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women soldiers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Soldiers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women spies--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Spies--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Junior Library Guild
United States--Participation, Female--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female--Juvenile literature.
United States--Women--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women--Juvenile literature.
United States--Secret service--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Hendrix, John, 1976- ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.

Summary:

Moss and Hendrix tell the true story of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who at age nineteen disguised herself as a man in order to escape an arranged marriage. She took the name Frank Thompson and joined a Michigan army regiment to battle the Confederacy. Sarah excelled as a soldier and nurse on the battlefield. Because of her heroism, she was asked to become a spy. Her exciting story comes to life through the illustrations and storytelling of the authors.

Indexed by:

Junior Library Guild

ISBN:

0810997355
9780810997356 (hdc.)

LCCN:

2010023171

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