![]() ![]() She has written about the life of Mary Bowser in "A Black Spy in the Confederate White House," as well as articles on the enslaved and free black community in Richmond, Virginia on Joseph Reid Anderson, controversial owner of Tredegar Ironworks and on Chimborazo, a large army hospital in Richmond. ![]() ![]() Leveen also writes historical articles about the Civil War as a contributor to the New York Times Disunion blog, which tracks the causes of the Civil War. Leveen's first novel was The Secrets of Mary Bowser (2012, William Morrow, ISBN 9780062107916), based on the life of Mary Bowser, "a Richmond slave who became a spy for the Union army." In August 2012, the novel was chosen as a Target club pick and named one of the Oregonian's "Top 10 Northwest Books of 2012." The Secrets of Mary Bowser, Civil War fiction and Historical nonfiction ![]()
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