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Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields
by Edmonds, S. Emma E
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Hartford: W. S. Williams & Co, 1865. One-Half Cloth. Very Good-. Though noticeably foxed at preliminaries and bearing a prior owner's name at the front free endpaper, this copy is otherwise notably clean, the front hinge starting but the binding overall secure; the hard cover, one half blue cloth with marbled paper boards, shows heavy scuffing to the boards with exposure along foreedges, wear to the fabric along edges and around corners, and scratches to the leather title plate on the spine, but remains overall sturdy. 384pp. Sensational in its time, problematic now, but a fascinating tale of cross-dressing for adventure in a grim time.
Synopsis
Ms. Edmonds writes about the numerous battles she participated in, including Bull Run, Williamsburg, Antietam and Fredericksburg. Note: DSI, the publisher of this e-book, is granting readers the right to print excerpts of this book as well as the right to lend/give this e-book to other Glassbook Plus Reader users. Printing: Users can print up to 100 e-book pages every seven days. Students and researchers will find this feature especially useful. To print, click on the menu button in the Glassbook Reader and select the print option. Lending/Giving: We currently have two ways to lend or give a book: you can beam it to a computer if both have infrared ports, or you can send it to a computer on your network. To lend a book to someone else, go to the Library, click a book. Click the Menu button and then click Lend/Give to display the Lend/Give dialog box. Choose a loan period or click Give. To send the book over an infrared connection, click Beam. To send the book to a computer on the network, enter the computer name in the Send To box and click Send. You can either lend the book or give it away. Like a paper book, there is only ever one working copy. Once the lending period expires, you get your rights back and you can re-read the book or lend it again. Of course, if you give it away, it's gone for good (unless the recipient gives it back).
Reviews
On Oct 27 2020, a reader said:
I purchased this book at the Printers Row Litfest in 2019. This book, which was published in 1865, the last year of the Civil War, concerns a woman from Canada who fled to the U.S. to escape an arranged marriage and then enlisted in the Union Army, dressed as a man and using a male name as an alias. She got away with her deception and she actually took part in the fighting, as well as acting as an Army nurse (despite the fact that she had no training of any kind) and she also acted as a spy, dyeing her skin to look like an African American. I have read many books on the Civil War, including first person accounts, but I have never read another one like this. I recommend the book to anyone who likes to read about the Civil War.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00082289
- Title
- Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields
- Author
- Edmonds, S. Emma E
- Format/Binding
- One-Half Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. S. Williams & Co
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1865
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
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Iowa City, Iowa
About The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
The Haunted Bookshop is an open shop with over 40,000 quality used, out-of-print, and antiquarian titles for students, scholars, collectors, artists, families and children. The store has been in business for over 35 years, now in a historic home near downtown Iowa City. Our open hours are 10-8 daily.
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- Marbled Paper
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- Cloth
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- Plate
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Edges
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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