George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution (Paperback)

from JCGirl

As a proud New Yorker and also having a 7th-time great grandfather that fought in the American Revolution, I was enthusiastic to read Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger's book. After losing New York City to the British in August/September 1776 at the Battle of Brooklyn and then to the fall of Manhatta...

from Mathenam

I loved George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring that Saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade. The history of the Culper Ring, the spies who helped win the war, was very interesting since I wasn't familiar with this area of history. I thought the writing style made the book even bette...

from walterhistory

Brian Kilmeade's foray into history covers a long term fascination of how spies operated during the American Revolution. In this book, the Culper Six, a spy ring lately created after the Nathan Hale debacle, story is told. Almost virtually unknown, it was their work that uncovered Benedict Arnold...

from WCHagen

This book focuses on an aspect of the Revolutionary War often overlooked or under-appreciated: espionage. We may be generally aware of Nathan Hale who was hung by the British as a spy and the intrigues of Benedict Arnold and his cohort, John Andre but the subject of this book, the Culper Spy Ring...

from utbw42

This is an outstanding, concise, well-written look at George Washington's spy ring that he wisely set up and put into motion in his quest to re-take Manhattan from the British around the time of the signing of the Declaration Of Independence. The six brave souls who undertook this task really com...