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Spies used various methods to protect their messages in case they were intercepted by the enemy. The year is 1777 and america is embroiled in war with britain during the american revolution. An important element that helped the american revolution was the great size of the united states, which made it difficult for british troops to maintain control tuchman, 1988, and restricted their efforts to cities and ports. The book s scrutiny of the tradecraft and management of revolutionary war intelligence activities will be of interest to students, scholars, intelligence professionals, and anyone who wants to learn more about this fascinating era of american. Spies, patriots, and traitors georgetown university press. Along the way, students will meet museum educator adrienne whaley and museum curator matthew skic. Spies, patriots, and traitors provides readers with a fascinating. James jay 1732 1815, american physician and politician, and elder brother. On this page we list a few of the spies who are known to us along with a short. These methods included invisible ink, secret codes, and mask letters. But washingtons spies is also a spirited, touching account of friendship and trust, fear and betrayal, amid the dark and silent world of the spy. Army revolutionary spies benjamin tallmadge caleb brewster anna smith strong. This post contains affiliate links marked with an spies in the american revolution. Spies of the revolution, by katherine and john bakeless, is a nonfiction story about spies during the revolutionary war and their missions.
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Spying and espionage george washingtons mount vernon. Waldvogel crafts a compelling look at the uncertain fate and perilous times in our nations history through the stories of 14 remarkable and often underrepresented women, each one with acts of bravery equal to and occasionally surpassing their male. Women soldiers, combatants, and spies in the american revolution when i began writing my american patriot series, i realized that the storyline i envisioned would require my heroine, elizabeth howard, to do many things one doesnt usually associate with 18th century women at the time of the american revolution. The series originally aired on the amc network for four seasons, from april 6, 2014, to august 12, 2017. When i think about spies, i think about james bond and cold war era spy vs. Patriots, redcoats and spies american revolutionary war. Spies, patriots, and traitors provides readers with a fascinating, welldocumented, and highly readable account of american intelligence activities during the era of the revolutionary war, from 1765 to 1783, while describing the intelligence sources and methods used and how our founding fathers learned and practiced their intelligence role. Home george washington revolutionary war spying and espionage. Spies for america the american revolution was unprecedented in the history of. This inspired our history lesson for our coop, spies in the american revolution. The culper code book george washingtons mount vernon. Elizabeth raum has written over twodozen nonfiction books for young readers.
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