Washington's spies the story of America's first spy ring
In the summer of 1778, General Washington needed to know where the British would strike next. To that end, he unleashed an unlikely ring of spies in New York charged with discovering the enemy's battle plans. Washington's band included a young Quaker torn between political principle and fa...
| Main Author: | Rose, Alexander, 1971- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Bantam Books,
2007.
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| Edition: | Bantam trade pbk. ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- "As subtil & deep as hell itself": Nathan Hale and the spying game
- The year of the hangman
- Genesis of the Culper ring
- 711 and the sympathetic stain
- The man of parts and halves
- The adventure of the Culper ring
- On His Majesty's secret service
- Spyhunters and whaleboatmen
- The wilderness of mirrors
- Epilogue: "Lord, now lettest thou thy servants depart in peace."