Nurse, Soldier, spy : : the Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero
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"The illustrations in this book were made with pen and ink with fluid acrylic washes on Strathmore Velum Bristol."--p. [48].
A story of a nineteen-year-old woman who disguised herself as a man to avoid an unwanted marriage and who distinguished herself as a male nurse during the Civil War, and later as a spy for the Union Army.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 47 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 820
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780810997356
0810997355
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Hendrix, John, 1976-
SUBJECTS
Edmonds, S. Emma E. -- 1841-1898.
Nurses -- Biography.
Women soldiers -- Biography.
Soldiers -- Biography.
Women spies -- Biography.
Spies -- Biography.
United States -- Participation, Female. -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- Women. -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- Secret service. -- Civil War, 1861-1865