George Washington's Secret Six The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution |
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Author:
| Kilmeade, Brian Yaeger, Don |
ISBN: | 978-1-59523-110-9 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2014 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Sentinel |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $17.00 |
Book Description:
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*Now with a new afterword containing never-before-seen research on the identity of the spy ring s most secret member, Agent 355 This is my kind of history book. Get ready. Here s the action. BRAD MELTZER, bestselling author of The Fifth Assassin and host of Decoded When George Washington beat a hasty retreat from New York City in August 1776, many thought the American Revolution might soon be over. Instead, Washington rallied thanks in large part to a little-known, top-secret group...
More Description*Now with a new afterword containing never-before-seen research on the identity of the spy ring s most secret member, Agent 355 This is my kind of history book. Get ready. Here s the action. BRAD MELTZER, bestselling author of The Fifth Assassin and host of Decoded When George Washington beat a hasty retreat from New York City in August 1776, many thought the American Revolution might soon be over. Instead, Washington rallied thanks in large part to a little-known, top-secret group called the Culper Spy Ring. He realized that he couldn t defeat the British with military might, so he recruited a sophisticated and deeply secretive intelligence network to infiltrate New York. Drawing on extensive research, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger have offered fascinating portraits of these spies: a reserved Quaker merchant, a tavern keeper, a brash young longshoreman, a curmudgeonly Long Island bachelor, a coffeehouse owner, and a mysterious woman. Long unrecognized, the secret six are finally r