George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution</br></br>Product Description</br></br>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.<br><br>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.</br><br/>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143130609