Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy (Four Women Undercover in the Civil War) by Abbott, Karen -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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D EDICATION S PLENDID AND S ILENT S UNS (A N OTE ) PART ONE: 1861

T HE F ASTEST G IRL IN V IRGINIA ( OR A NYWHERE E LSE FOR T HAT M ATTER ) O UR W OMAN A S HAFT IN H ER Q UIVER A S I F T HEY W ERE C HASED BY D EMONS N EVER AS P RETTY AS H ER P ORTRAIT S HOWS L ITTLE R EBEL H EART ON F IRE A DMIRABLE S ELF -D ENIAL T HE B IRDS OF THE A IR T HE S ECRET R OOM S TAKEOUT H ARD TO N AME C RINOLINE AND Q UININE D ARK AND G LOOMY P ERILS U NMASKED T HE D EFENSELESS S EX

PART TWO: 1862

N OT Y OUR I DEAL OF A B EAUTIFUL S OLDIER S HE W ILL F OOL Y OU OUT OF Y OUR E YES R EBEL V IXENS OF THE S LAVE S TATES W ISE AS S ERPENTS AND H ARMLESS AS D OVES A W OMAN U SUALLY T ELLS A LL S HE K NOWS A S LAVE C ALLED “N ED ” P ERFECTLY I NSANE ON THE S UBJECT OF M EN T HE O THER S IDE OF THE R IVER M Y L OVE TO A LL THE D EAR B OYS O NE G RAIN OF M ANHOOD T HE M ADAM L OOKS M UCH C HANGED T HE S ECESH C LEOPATRA T HE B RIGHT R USH OF L IFE , THE H URRY OF D EATH S HE B REATHES , S HE B URNS T HE S TILL , S MALL V OICE R ICHMOND U NDERGROUND P LAYING D EAD

PART THREE: 1863

W HEN Y OU T HINK H E M AY B E K ILLED T OMORROW B READ OR B LOOD A W EAN T HAT ’ S B ORN TO B E H UNG A D READFUL B LOW N O O NE I GNORANT OF THE D ANGER L A B ELLE R EBELLE W OMEN M AKE W AR UPON E ACH O THER P LEASE G IVE U S S OME OF Y OUR B LOOD

PART FOUR: 1864

T HAT U NHAPPY C OUNTRY D ESPICABLE R EMEDIES T HE S ANCTUARY OF A M ODEST G IRL Y OU A RE V ERY P OOR C OMPANY B E P RUDENT AND N EVER C OME A GAIN G OOD -B YE , M RS . G REENHOW T HIS V ERDICT OF L UNACY T HE D ELICACY OF THE S ITUATION N OT AT A LL C HANGED BY D EATH T HE S WEET L ITTLE M AN L IKE M OST OF H ER S EX

PART FIVE: 1865

T HE W AY A C HILD L OVES I TS M OTHER A S T HIS M IGHTY W ORK W AS D ONE E PILOGUE A CKNOWLEDGMENTS N OTES B IBLIOGRAPHY I NDEX A BOUT THE A UTHOR A LSO BY K AREN A BBOTT B ACK A D C REDITS C OPYRIGHT A BOUT THE P UBLISHER