van lew, elizabeth l.

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van lew, elizabeth l.

Spies: Mary Bowser

2020
"YOU are Mary Bowser, a spy in Virginia. Freed from slavery, you have teamed up with Elizabeth "Bet" Van Lew to form a spy ring of powerful, brave women. You are as quick with your weapon as you are with your mind, and you work secret messages and poisons into everyday objects. Hidden in plain sight, you and your ring change the outcome of the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.

Southern lady, Yankee spy

the true story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union agent in the heart of the Confederacy
2003
Chronicles the life of Elizabeth Van Lew, a woman who defied the conventions of the nineteenth-century South by becoming a Union spy during the Civil War.

Liar, temptress, soldier, spy

four women undercover in the Civil War
2015
"The never-before-told story of four real-life women who risked everything to take on a life of espionage during the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.

Liar, temptress, soldier, spy

four women undercover in the Civil War
"The never-before-told story of four real-life women who risked everything to take on a life of espionage during the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.

Southern lady, Yankee spy

the true story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union agent in the heart of the Confederacy
2005
Presents Yankee sympathizer Elizabeth Van Lew focusing on her early years, her espionage organization, assistance to Union soldiers who escape from a Richmond prison, and her appointment as postmaster of Richmond.

Dear Ellen Bee

a Civil War scrapbook of two Union spies
2000
A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, "Miss Bet," who had freed her and her family, sent her north from Richmond to get an education, and then worked to bring an end to slavery. Based on the life of Elizabeth Van Lew.

Dear Ellen Bee

a Civil War scrapbook of two Union spies
2001
A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, "Miss Bet, " who had freed her and her family, sent her north from Richmond to get an education, and then worked to bring an end to slavery. Based on the life of Elizabeth Van Lew.

Civil war spy

Elizabeth Van Lew
2009
In the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War, a Southern woman from a wealthy family, Elizabeth Van Lew, risked her life to spy for the North. She took food and books (often containing secret messages) to imprisoned Union soldiers and helped them escape. She created a spy network and sent valuable military information to Northern generals. Van Lew opposed slavery so much that she bought slaves to free them. Her bravery and her devotion to her country and to freedom made her an American hero.

Elizabeth Van Lew

southern belle, Union spy
1995
A biography of Elizabeth Van Lew who spied for the North during the Civil War, and who supported rights for blacks and for women.

Elizabeth Van Lew

Civil War spy
2006
Presents a biography of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union spy during the Civil War, providing soldiers with money, food, and books, and includes information on her childhood, her passion to fight slavery, and her achievements.
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