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Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison

By Drew Gilpin Faust , Belle Boyd , Sharon Kennedy Nolle

Book information

Publisher
LSU Press
Year
1998
ISBN
0807122149, 9780807122143
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (13083500 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
288\289
Time added
2016-06-29 09:25:34
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Description

First published in 1865, Belle Boyd's memoir of her experiences as a Confederate spy has stood the test of time and interest. Belle first gained notoriety when she killed a Union soldier in her home in 1861. During the Federal occupations of the Shenandoah Valley, she mingled with the servicemen and, using her feminine wiles, obtained useful information for the Rebel cause.In this new edition, Kennedy-Nolle and Faust consider the domestic side of the Civil War and also assess the value of Boyd's memoir for social and literary historians in its challenge to our understanding the most divisive years in American history.

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