www.zonderkidz.comLiberty Letters: The Personal Correspondence of Emma Edmonds and Mollie Turner Copyright © 2003 by Nancy Oliver LeSourdThis book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used fictitiously. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author''s imagination and are not to be construed as real.Requests for information should be addressed to: Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 ISBN: 0-310-70352-2All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.The story of Emma Edmonds as told in Emma''s letters is adapted from Female Spy, 1864, republished as Nurse and Spy in the Union Army, 1865, by S.
Emma E. Edmonds.Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910Young Soldier: Separate Study of a Soldier Giving Water to a Wounded Companion, 1861 Oil, gouache, black crayon on canvas; 360 x 175 mm 14-7/8 x 6 7/8 in.); Cooper -Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr., 1912-12-110; Photo: Ken PelkaZonderkidz is a trademark of Zondervan.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data LeSourd, Nancy. The personal correspondence of Emma Edmonds and Mollie Turner : assignment--Civil War spies, 1862 / Nancy LeSourd.-- 1st ed.
p. cm. -- (Liberty letters) Summary: Letters between two friends, one a nurse in Richmond, Virginia, and the other a soldier in Washington, D.C., chronicle their experiences during the Civil War, including their work as Union spies and their reliance on God. ISBN 0-310-70352-2 (Hardcover) [1. Spies--Fiction. 2.
Nurses--Fiction. 3. Soldiers--Fiction. 4. Christian life--Fiction. 5. United States--History- -Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction. 6.
Letters--Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.L56268Pf 2004 [Fic]--dc22 2003023558Liberty Letters is a trademark of Nancy Oliver LeSourd.Produced in association with the brand development agency of Evergreen Ideas, Inc., on behalf of Nancy LeSourd.For more information on Nancy LeSourd or the Liberty Letters series, visit www.
Zonderkidz.com/libertyletters.Editor: Gwen EllisCover design: Michelle LengerInterior design: Tracey MoranPhoto layout design: Merit Alderink and Susan AmbsPrinted in the United States of America03 04 05 06 07 /.DC/ 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1We want to hear from you. Please send your comments about this book to us in care of zreview@zondervan.com. Thank you.For Cate and LukeRichmond, VirginiaJune 17, 1861Dear Frank,I couldn''t believe my eyes.
"Private Franklin Thompson, of the Second Michigan Volunteers," you said. "Requesting donations for the Union army, ma''am."Great-Auntie Belle scurried around, loading my arms with linens, food, and medicines. So many questions swirled around in my head. How did you get to Michigan? And what, pray tell, possessed you to enlist in the Union army?As you carried the supplies outside to the ambulance, you whispered, "You''ll keep my secret, won''t you, Mollie?""Such a nice young man, Mollie," Great-Auntie commented, arms filled with more donations."I think I know Private Thompson," I replied, "from last summer at church when I visited our cousins.""Oh, how wonderful, dear! Why didn''t you say something sooner?" She rushed outside and called you back in. "My great-niece thinks she knows you, young man.
Were you in Connecticut last summer?""Why, yes I was," you replied coolly, "I sold Bibles before I enlisted. Are you Mollie? Mollie . Turner?" You made it seem like we were just casual friends when I know more about you than anyone else. I followed your lead, but Private Thompson, you have some explaining to do.How clever of you to convince Great-Auntie that it would be so-o-o nice for a soldier far from home to receive the letter.