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The blue and the gray undercover

2002
A collection of short stories based on the exploits of spies during the Civil War.

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.

On secret service

a novel
2000
Two couples learn that love does not take sides when Lon Price, a secret agent with the Union army, falls for Rebel sympathizer Margaret Miller, and Confederate Major Fred Dasher becomes enchanted with actress Hanna Siegel, a young woman masquerading as a Union soldier.

Turncoats, traitors, and heroes

1998
A "study of the espionage, counter-espionage, and other military intelligence services in the Continental and British armies in the main theatre of war" just prior to, and during, the Revolutionary War.

Secret identity

2007
Graphic novel telling the story of Sarah Edmonds, who posed as a man during the Civil War in order to serve as a spy for the Union Army.

The Culper spy ring

1969
A true account of the activities of a Revolutionary War spy who until 1930 was known to history only as Culper, Junior.

Women Soldiers, Spies, and Patriots of the American Revolution

Series: American Women at War
2004
Contents: Deborah Samson--Nancy Hart--Lydia Darragh--Mercy Otis Warren--Esther DeBerdt Reed--Elizabeth Martin--Sybil Ludington--Margaret Corbin--After the war.

George Washington, spymaster

how America outspied the British and won the Revolutionary War
2004
A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focusing on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war.

One dead spy

the life, times, and last words of Nathan Hale, America's most famous spy
2012
Retells, in graphic novel format, the history of the author's namesake, an officer and spy for the American rebels during the Revolutionary War, revealing facts about Nathan Hale's earlier days at Yale and his unlucky experiences as an military officer.

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