Name: George Washington's Secret Six
Rating: 3.307692307692307 (13 reviews)
ISBN: 9781595231031

Don Yaeger

Brian Kilmeade

Shares the true story of an anonymous group of spies who played important roles in winning the Revolutionary War, documenting how they risked their lives to obtain crucial intelligence for General Washington using sophisticated tactics and complex codes.

The Spy Ring that Saved the American Revolution

George Washington's Secret Six

Todd Luallen

I appreciate the content and the effort, but the book reads a lot like a long Wikipedia article. Plenty of information, and plenty of interesting subject matter, but not enough story to make it a top notch retelling of history.

Allison Francis

This book was okay. It was definitely a popular history and seemed to be a simple version of events. I learned some new information, but would have loved to have more depth. I am not really a fan of fake dialogue in a non-fiction piece

Lance Willett

Fascinating look at the spy ring know as the US "Secret Six" in and around NYC during the Revolutionary War, led by George Washington to seek out intelligence about the British occupation of Manhattan and surrounding areas such as Long Island.

Short and interesting read, even if you aren't a history buff.

*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.

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

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