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North Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION MILLER 2014
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Spanish Springs Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION MILLER 2014
1 available

Description

"Pickett's Charge, one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, is the climax of this Civil War adventure, told from the perspective of three girls: a Union loyalist, a free Black, and a girl from Virginia who disguised herself as a boy to fight in the Confederate Army"--

2) Women heroes of the American Revolution: 20 stories of espionage, sabotage, defiance, and rescue

Author

Casey, Susan

Series

Women of action

Publisher

Chicago Review Press

Pub. Date

[2015]

Language

English

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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
YA 920.72 CASEY 2015
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North Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
YA 920.72 CASEY 2015
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Description

"Susan Casey gives 20 remarkable girls and women the spotlight they deserve in this lively collection of biographical profiles. These women took action in many ways: as spies, soldiers, nurses, water carriers, fundraisers, writers, couriers, and more. Women Heroes of the American Revolution brings a fresh new perspective to their stories resulting from interviews with historians and with descendants of participants of the Revolution and features ample...

3) Women Civil War spies of the Union

Author

Sakany, Lois

Series

American women at war

Publisher

Rosen Pub. Group

Pub. Date

c2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

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North Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 973.785 SAK 2004
1 available

Description

Details the lives of six women who fought to preserve the Union, and to support abolition and women's rights, by serving as spies during the Civil War.

4) Petticoat spies: six women spies of the Civil War

Author

Caravantes, Peggy

Publisher

Morgan Reynolds Publishers

Pub. Date

c2002

Language

English

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North Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 920.72 CAR 2002
1 available

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Description

Describes the lives and wartime exploits of six women who were spies during the Civil War. Includes Sarah Emma Edmonds, Belle Boyd, Pauline Cushman, Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Elizabeth Van Lew, and Belle Edmondson.

Graphic library. Women warriors of World War II

5) Angels of Bataan and Corregidor: the heroic nurses of World War II

Author

Biskup, Agnieszka

Series

Publisher

Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint

Pub. Date

[2023]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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J 940.5472 BISKUP 2023
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North Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 940.5472 BISKUP 2023
1 available

Description

"Soon after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, they also attacked U.S. military installations in the Philippines. For the army and navy nurses stationed there, what had been a peaceful outpost quickly turned into a raging war zone. When the U.S. and Philippine forces retreated to the Bataan Peninsula and the fortress island of Corregidor, the nurses followed them to the field hospitals to care for the wounded. Persevering through...