Petticoat Spies: Six Women Spies of the Civil War

by Peggy Caravantes

Book Overview

Describes the lives and wartime exploits of six women who were spies during the Civil War. Includes Sarah Emma Edmonds, Belle Boyd, Pauline Cushman, Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Elizabeth Van Lew, and Belle... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883846889
• ISBN13: 9781883846886
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Morgan Reynolds Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Details the lives of six women spies of the Civil War

Peggy Caravantes' Petticoat Spies details the lives of six women spies of the Civil War, telling of women who found unusual ways to participate in the war on both Confederate and Union sides. Descriptions and events read like fiction with high drama, but are based on facts. Both will intrigue middleschool level readers.