Title: The Crescent Spy
Author: Michael Wallace
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: November 26, 2016
When was the book published: 2015
Main Characters: Josephine Breaux, the Captain, her mother the dancer on paddlewheel riverboats, pinkerton agent Allen Gray
What happens? During the Civil War, Josephine is working for a Washington DC newspaper filing stories with the name Joseph until she is exposed and fired. The Pinkertons get to her to hire her to go to New Orleans to spy for the North. She gets a job with a newspaper and helps the North plan an attack on New Orleans.
How long was this? 325 pages
Did I like this? really good historical fiction, a good engaging spy story. Suprising!
Overall grade: A-
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