Nurse, Soldier, Spy

Moss Marissa

Description

This is the incredible true story of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who dressed as a man and fought in the Civil War. When she was 19, Sarah cut her hair, donned her brother's clothes, and fled from Canada, where her father wanted her to marry an elderly gentleman. In the U.S., she went by the name Frank Thompson and joined the Army to fight the Confederates. She was a nurse working on the battlefield when, because of her heroism, she was asked to serve as a spy. At her death, Edmonds was buried in a military cemetery, in a plot reserved for Civil War veteransthe only woman to have this honor.

Sujets

• Guerre de Sécession
• États-Unis
• American Civil War
• USA

Informations

• Publié par: ABRAMS BOOKS
• Date de parution: 11 novembre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781613120880
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

Extrait

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President Abraham Lincoln had just declared war on the Southern states seceding from the Union, and the new army needed men. When Frank Thompson saw a poster requesting recruits, he decided he would be one of them. Except Frank wasn t his real name. In fact, Frank wasn t a man. He was really Sarah Emma Edmonds.
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Sarah was only nineteen, but she had already been dressing as a man for three years. Originally, she had cut her brown wavy hair and put on pants to escape a marriage arranged by her parents.
She had run away, crossing the border from Canada into the United States, trading a bridal gown for trousers, trading countries, without a single regret. Once she discovered the freedom of taking big strides unhindered by heavy skirts, and the freedom to travel when and where she wanted, she couldn t put a dress back on.
Now , as Frank Thompson, she joined the long line of men snaking around the Michigan courthouse, eager to give back to the country that had given her a new life.
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When it was her turn, she leaned over for the pen, ready to sign on to the Union army.
the recruiter said.
Sarah froze. Could he tell she was a woman? How? She d been fooling people for so long, she thought her disguise was perfect. Growing up on a farm, she d learned to handle a gun and a horse. Even then, she d put on her brother s homespun pants to hunt. So learning to walk, talk, eat, and gesture like a man had come easy to her. By now, it was a habit.
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