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The mysterious Private Thompson : the double life of Sarah Emma Edmonds, Civil War soldier /

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Resurrecting a lost hero of the Civil War, the author tells the remarkable story of one heroic woman who defied convention in nineteenth-century America to live, work, and defend her country at a time of war, when most women were restricted to home and hearth. Sarah Emma Edmonds was a young Canadian...

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Main Author: Gansler, Laura Leedy, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Edmonds, S. Emma E. > (Sarah Emma Evelyn), > 1841-1898.
Edmonds, S. Emma E. > (Sarah Emma Evelyn), > 1841-1898
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, Female.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Medical care.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Secret service.
Women soldiers > United States > Biography.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
Women spies > United States > Biography.
Spies > United States > Biography.
Nurses > United States > Biography.
American Civil War
Military Nursing > history
Nurses
United States
Espionnes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Infirmières > États-Unis > Biographies.
Infirmières.
nurses.
Medical care.
Military participation > Female.
Nurses.
Secret service.
Soldiers.
Spies.
Women soldiers.
Women spies.
United States.
Women soldiers > Biography.
Nurses > Biography.
United States > History > 1861-1865, Civil War.
United States > History > 1861-1865, Civil War > Medical care.
United States > History > 1861-1865, Civil War > Secret service.
1861-1865
Biography
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
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