Washington's spies : the story of America's first spy ring / Alexander Rose.
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TextPublisher: New York : Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 2014Copyright date: ©2006Edition: Bantam books Trade paperback editionDescription: 369 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780553392593; 055339259XUniform titles: Adapted as television program (work): Turn (Television program) Subject(s): Spies -- United States -- History -- 18th century | Spies -- United States -- Biography | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Secret service | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Military intelligence | New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | American Revolution (1775-1783) | Spies | New York (State) -- New York | United States | Spies -- Biography | Spies -- History -- 18th century -- United States -- Biography | 1700-1799Genre/Form: Biography. | History.DDC classification: 973.3/85 LOC classification: E279 | .R67 2014| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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The basis for Turn, a television series on the AMC television channel.
Originally published: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-361) and index.
"As subtil and 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 adventures of the Culper Ring -- On His Majesty's Secret Service -- Spyhunters and whaleboatmen -- The wilderness of mirrors -- "Lord, now lettest thou thy servants depart in peace."
In 1778, George Washington unleashed an unlikely ring of spies in New York to discover British battle plans during the Revolutionary War.
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