TY - BOOK AU - Alberti,Enigma AU - Cliff,Tony TI - Mary Bowser and the Civil War spy ring T2 - Spy on history SN - 9780761187394 PY - 2017///] CY - New York PB - Workman Publishing KW - Bowser, Mary Elizabeth, KW - Spies KW - Fiction KW - African Americans KW - Juvenile fiction KW - United States KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Participation, Female KW - Secret service KW - Biographical fiction KW - lcgft KW - Historical fiction KW - Spy fiction N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - During the Civil War, African American Mary Bowser becomes a maid in the Richmond mansion of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis, as part of a plan to pass along secrets to help the Union. Includes a replica of a Confederate decoder, plus other spycraft materials to help the reader discover clues found in the text and illustrations ER -