George Washington's secret six The spies who saved America
Book - 2019
A middle-grade adaptation of the bestseller shares the story of an anonymous group of spies who played roles in winning the Revolutionary War, documenting how they risked their lives to obtain intelligence for General Washington.
- Subjects
- Genres
- History
Juvenile works - Published
-
New York :
Viking
2019.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- "Young reader's adaptation"--Publisher.
- Physical Description
- x, 164 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Audience
- Age 10+
1230L - Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780425288986
- A Note from the Author
- Preface
- Part 1.
- Chapter 1. Why New York?
- Chapter 2. On the March
- Chapter 3. Betrayal at Jamaica Pass
- Chapter 4. A Miracle in the Mist
- Part 2.
- Chapter 5. A Change in Strategy
- Chapter 6. One Good Man
- Chapter 7. On Assignment
- Chapter 8. Failure on Long Island
- Chapter 9. The March to New Jersey
- Chapter 10. "There Will Be No Attack"
- Chapter 11. A Waiting Game
- Chapter 12. The Brilliant Young Major: Benjamin Tallmadge
- Chapter 13. The Black Sheep: Abraham Woodhull
- Chapter 14. Setting Up Aliases
- Chapter 15. A Bull of a Man: Caleb Brewster
- Chapter 16. The Tavern Keeper: Austin Roe
- Chapter 17. Breaking from Tradition: A New Way to Work a Spy Ring
- Chapter 18. The Reports Begin
- Chapter 19. The Unbreakable Code
- Chapter 20. Panic and a Traitor
- Chapter 21. The Peaceable Man: Robert Townsend
- Chapter 22. Washington's Orders
- Chapter 23. The Cover Story: James Rivington
- Chapter 24. The Mysterious Lady
- Chapter 25. Eliding in Plain Sight
- Chapter 26. Thwarting a Plot
- Chapter 27. The Need for a New Route
- Part 3.
- Chapter 28. The French Arrive
- Chapter 29. Washington's Gamble
- Chapter 30. The Most Powerful Man on the Hudson River: Benedict Arnold
- Chapter 31. What Robert Townsend Saw
- Chapter 32. Benjamin Tallmadge Figures It Out
- Chapter 33. The Turncoat Escapes
- Chapter 34. The Prisoner Is Executed
- Chapter 35. The Ring in Peril
- Part 4.
- Chapter 36. Closing in on the Ring
- Chapter 37. Rivington Delivers Yorktown
- Chapter 38. The Beginning of the End for the British
- Chapter 39. Townsend's Last Letter
- Chapter 40. ... and a Reckoning
- Afterword
- Appendixes
- Postwar Lives of the Culper Ring
- Washington's Time as a Spy
- The Significance of the Culper Ring
- Communicate in Secret
- Timeline
- Selected Sources
- Photo Credits
- Index
Review by Horn Book Review