During the Civil War, African American Mary Bowser becomes a maid in the Richmond mansion of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis as part of a plan to pass along secrets to help the Union. May include a replica of a Confederate decoder, plus other spycraft materials, in a sealed envelope to help the reader discover clues found in the text and illustrations.
year: 2016
call number/section: 1000
subjects: bowser, mary elizabeth, approximately 1840-, juvenile fiction, fiction, african americans, juvenile fiction, fiction, united states, participation, female, civil war, 1861-1865, juvenile fiction, secret service, fiction, biographical fiction, spy fiction, historical fiction, toy and movable books
Editions
Alberti, Enigma
Workman Pub. Co., Inc. (2016)
During the Civil War, African American Mary Bowser becomes a maid in the Richmond mansion of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis as part of a plan to pass along secrets to help the Union. May include a replica of a Confederate decoder, plus other spycraft materials, in a sealed envelope to help the reader discover clues found in the text and illustrations.
Schools: 7
Alberti, Enigma
During the Civil War, African American Mary Bowser becomes a maid in the Richmond mansion of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis as part of a plan to pass along secrets to help the Union. May include a replica of a Confederate decoder, plus other spycraft materials, in a sealed envelope to help the reader discover clues found in the text and illustrations.
Schools: 3