Southern Lady, Yankee Spy The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy

Name: Southern Lady, Yankee Spy The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy
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ISBN: 9780195179897

ISBN-10: 0195179897

ISBN-13: 9780195179897

Edition: 2005

Authors: Elizabeth R. Varon

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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 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 describes a woman who was very much a product of…

Book details

List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/24/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 9.02" wide x 6.10" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English