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ICYMI: Author of 'Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy' Talks Tuesday at DCA

ICYMI (in case you missed it): Historian Karen Abbot talks Tuesday, April 28, about her book on undercover women in the Civil War.

This article previously was published on Patch. We’re republishing it here in case you missed it:

By DCA HEATHER (Open Post)

This Tuesday April 28, Karen Abbott talks about her latest triumph, “Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War.”

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The New York Times best-selling author Karen Abbott meticulously researched the true lives of these heroines, and has woven their adventures together in a pulse-quickening narrative that draws the reader into the war as these daring women lived it.

Named one of the best books of 2014 by Library Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Amazon, and Flavorwire, this non fiction work has also been optioned by for a miniseries!

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Karen is a former journalist who has written for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Smithsonian magazine, among others.

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$10 Public price

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