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George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution Hardcover - 2013
by Kilmeade, Brian, and Don Yaeger
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
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Details
- Title George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
- Author Kilmeade, Brian, and Don Yaeger
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Later Printing
- Condition Used - Near Fine
- Pages 235
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Sentinel Books, New York
- Date 2013
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 01130259
- ISBN 9781595231031 / 159523103X
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 9.35 x 6.25 x 0.94 in (23.75 x 15.88 x 2.39 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1230
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Revolution,, Spies - United States - History - 18th
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013032285
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.410
Summary
Washington realized that he couldn’t beat the British with military might, so he recruited a sophisticated and deeply secretive intelligence network to infiltrate New York. So carefully guarded were the members’ identities that one spy’s name was not uncovered until the twentieth century, and one
Drawing on extensive research, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger have painted compelling portraits of George Washington’s secret six:
?Robert Townsend, the reserved Quaker merchant and reporter who headed the Culper Ring, keeping his identity secret even from Washington;
?Austin Roe, the tavern keeper who risked his employment and his life in order to protect the mission;
?Caleb Brewster, the brash young longshoreman who loved baiting the British and agreed to ferry messages between Connecticut and New York;
?James Rivington, the owner of a posh coffeehouse and print shop where high-ranking British officers gossiped about secret operations;
?Agent 355, a woman whose identity remains unknown but who seems to have used her wit and charm to coax officers to share vital secrets.
In George Washington’s Secret Six, Townsend and his fellow spies finally receive their due, taking their place among the pantheon of heroes of the