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Autore |
Varon Elizabeth R. <1963-> |
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Titolo |
Southern lady, Yankee spy [[electronic resource] ] : the true story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union agent in the heart of the Confederacy / / Elizabeth R. Varon |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-028652-0 |
1-280-83516-8 |
0-19-534959-8 |
1-4237-7573-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (332 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Spies - United States |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Secret service |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Map of Central Virginia; Map of Richmond; PROLOGUE; 1 "An Awful Responsibility" The Making of a Dissenter, 1818-1860; 2 "My Country! Oh My Country!" Virginia Leaves the Union; 3 "Our Flag Was Gone" The War's First Year; 4 "The Bright Rush of Life" The Making of the Richmond Underground; 5 Elizabeth and "The Beast" Butler Finds His Spy; 6 "This Precious Dust" The Clandestine Reburial of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren; 7 "The Smoke of Battle" Grant Moves on Richmond; 8 "A Flaming Altar" The Fall of Richmond and Its Aftermath |
9 "A Fiery Ordeal" The Trials of a Female Politician10 The Myth of "Crazy Bet"; EPILOGUE: Van Lew's Ghost; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 a gripping, richly researched account of the |
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