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Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy by: Seymour Reit Childrens Bookshop Price: $6.95 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 973.785 EAN: 9780152164270 ISBN: 0152164278 Label: Gulliver Books Paperbacks Manufacturer: Gulliver Books Paperbacks Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: August 01, 2001 Publisher: Gulliver Books Paperbacks Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Studio: Gulliver Books Paperbacks Sales Rank: 41244 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: In 1861, when war erupted between the States, President Lincoln made an impassioned plea for volunteers. Determined not to remain on the sidelines, Emma Edmonds cropped her hair, donned men’s clothing, and enlisted in the Union Army. Posing in turn as a slave, peddler, washerwoman, and fop, Emma became a cunning master of disguise, risking discovery and death at every turn behind Confederate lines. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - School ReviewDisguised as a union soldier, Emma would risk her life for her country. Emma Edmonds was born in Saint John, Canada in 1840. When she was sixteen years old she ran away to the United States. When she was twenty one, President Lincoln made a request for seventy five thousand men to volunteer for the Army. She decided that she wanted to be a field nurse for the Union Army but those jobs were so dangerous that they were only given to men. So she cut her hair short, dressed up like a man, and enlisted ... Read More: Rating: - The heroing tale of a young girl taking a standEmma Edmonds is a young girl from Canada, living in the North during the Civil War. She's always been outgoing and bold- never able to stay in one place at a time. So when she feels a calling to join the Union army, she does what any rebellious girl would do- cuts her hair, gets the uniform, and joins up. At first she's awkward and unsure- terrified that she'll be discovered. She sees the whole thing as a big adventure-that is, until an old love interest of hers is killed in the war. She decides to really ... Read More: Rating:  - Behind Rebel LinesI didn't really like this book. I didn't really like the author's writing style, it was a little hard to understand and follow. The subject wasn't very interesting to me. I think that it would have been hard to try to re-create a story about the civil war. I think that the author did good on that. I wouldn't really recommend this book unless you are interested in things about the army. I think that it was cool though that a woman would take that kind of risk just to be in combat. Also it was ... Read More: Rating:  - The good ForcerMy grandma forced me to read "Behind Rebel Lines". But it turned out to be an awsome and interesting book! Rating: - A woman's extraordinary role in the civil warBehind the Lines is an adaptation of the Emma Edmonds story for young adults. Emma Edmonds was a native of Saint John New Brunswick, Canada who left for the United States several years prior to the war. She eventually found her way to Michigan where, following the outbreak of war, she under the alias Franklin Thompson enlisted with the 2nd Michigan Infantry. She served with the unit as an orderly for about a year before she volunteered herself as a spy, and during the course of the next year went on eleven ... Read More: |
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