From the cohost of Fox & Friends, the true story of the anonymous spies who helped win the Revolutionary War
Among the pantheon of heroes of the American Revolution, six names are missing. First and foremost, Robert Townsend, an unassuming and respected businessman from Long Island, who spearheaded the spy ring that covertly brought down the British
before they, or anyone else, could discover their names.
Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger finally give Townsend and his fellow spies their proper due, telling the fascinating story of how they passed information to George Washington that turned the tide of the war. Using a network of citizen operatives that included a longshoreman, bartender, newspaper editor, housewife, tailor, and femme fatale, and employing a series of complex codes, the so-called Culper Spy Ring used sophisticated tactics to subvert the British.
Based on previously unpublished research, George Washington’s Secret Six is a gripping history of these amazing, anonymous Patriots who risked their lives for our freedom.
Authors did an excellent job in collecting all long hidden information and conveying portraits of six brave people… “George Washington’s Secret Six” by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger is an interesting story about six almost or completely unknown names of the American Revolution heroes.The authors conducted an extensive research about events that took place when General Washington had to retreat from New York City in August 1776 when due to the six brave men of secret agents which called themselves Culper Spy Ring, he was able to recover.Washington correctly judged that he cannot…
I intend to assign this to my American History 101 class this spring All I can say is – wow. Kilmeade has taken disparate chunks of history and woven them into an intriguing historical narrative. To call this book historical fiction is to underrate it. It is historical fact told as a story. And what, after all, is history? It is the story of humanity’s triumphs and failures; the story of good and evil; the story of those who are complacent and those who risk it all. Kilmeade’s story gives honor to these anonymous heroes, the silent few, who dared to act greatly…