| George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution Contributor(s): Kilmeade, Brian (Author), Yaeger, Don (Author) |
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ISBN: 1595231102 ISBN-13: 9781595231109 Publisher: Sentinel OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 973.410 |
| LCCN: 2013032285 |
| Lexile Measure: 1230 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.55 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 receiving their due among the pantheon of American heroes. |