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A review by giro_revuescope
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott
challenging
informative
medium-paced
3.0
The two accounts of the union women were very interesting, especially Emma/Frank, and the depths of research very clear. Unfortunately the whole project was sadly undercut by how charitably the author relayed the personal accounts of Rose Greenhow and Belle Boyd, who are both virulent racists and transparent liars. (And just terrible in general, really.)
Asking readers who they most relate to in the discussion questions is laughable and makes me really wonder what the author thought she was writing.
The style guide of how free African Americans and enslaved people were referred to in the book was also extremely inconsistent and at many times I felt the terminology was inappropriate and would have been inappropriate well before the date of publication. (Also, an interesting overuse of the word 'servant' for many people such as Belle's enslaved maid Eliza.)
Asking readers who they most relate to in the discussion questions is laughable and makes me really wonder what the author thought she was writing.
The style guide of how free African Americans and enslaved people were referred to in the book was also extremely inconsistent and at many times I felt the terminology was inappropriate and would have been inappropriate well before the date of publication. (Also, an interesting overuse of the word 'servant' for many people such as Belle's enslaved maid Eliza.)