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Southern lady, Yankee spy : the true story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union agent in the heart of the Confederacy / Elizabeth R. Varon.
"Northern sympathizer in the Confederate capital, daring spymaster, postwar politician: Elizabeth Van Lew was one of the most remarkable figures in American history, a woman who defied the conventions of the nineteenth-century South. In Southern Lady, Yankee Spy, historian Elizabeth Varon provides an account of the woman who led what one historian called "the most productive espionage operation of the Civil War." Under the nose of the Confederate government, Van Lew ran a spy ring that gathered intelligence, hampered the Southern war effort, and helped scores of Union soldiers to escape from Richmond prisons.
Varon's biography brings Van Lew to life, rescuing her from obscurity and showing how she used the stereotypes of the day to confound Confederate authorities even as she brought together Union sympathizers at all levels of society."--Jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 0195179897
- ISBN: 9780195179897
- Physical Description: xi, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2005.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in 2003. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-303) and index. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | E 608 .V36 V37 2005 c. 2 | 30775305504913 | General Collection | Available | - |