02348cam a2200313 4500 1262015343 TxAuBib 060209s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006042655 9780553804218 0553804219 (OCoLC)12166 DLC DLC BAKER OCO C#P BUR IXA TxAuBib Rose, Alexander, 1971- Washington's spies : the story of America's first spy ring / Alexander Rose. New York : Bantam Books, 2006. 370 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-361) and index. 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 family loyalty, a swashbuckling sailor addicted to the perils of espionage, a hard-drinking barkeep, a Yale-educated cavalryman, and a peaceful, sickly farmer who begged to let him retire but always came through in the end. Personally guiding these everyday heroes was Washington himself. In an era when officers were gentlemen, and gentlemen didn't spy, he possessed a talent for deception--and proved an adept spymaster. The men he mentored were dubbed the Culper Ring. Historian Rose tells an unknown story of the Revolution--the murderous intelligence war, gunrunning and kidnapping, defectors and executioners--that has never appeared in the history books.--From publisher description. Spies United States History 18th century. Spies United States Biography. Military intelligence United States History 18th century. Espionage United States History 18th century. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Secret service. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Military intelligence. New York (N.Y) History Revolution, 1775-1783. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2006042655-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2006042655-d.html