George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

ISBN-13:	9780143130604
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/18/2016
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	83,462
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 7.60(h) x 1.10(d)

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.