Author : John Bakeless
Release : 1998-03-22
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 432/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Turncoats, Traitors And Heroes by : John Bakeless
Download or read book Turncoats, Traitors And Heroes written by John Bakeless. This book was released on 1998-03-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Besides reexamining in fresh perspective such well-known figures as Paul Revere, Nathan Hale, Benedict Arnold, and John André, the author, a former general staff intelligence officer in World War II, reveals the exploits and tribulations of scores of other spies: Ann Bates, the Tory agent who spied at Washington's headquarters and who, when fleeing for her life, paused to count American artillery; the high-ranking traitor Dr. Benjamin Church, the Continental Army's Director General of Hospitals, caught as a result of a careless mistress; Sergeant Major John Champe, who posed as a deserter from the rebel army in order to capture Benedict Arnold; and many others. From the plot to kidnap George Washington to the fall of Yorktown, here are the clandestine activities of the spies, counterspies, and double agents who risked life and honor in a silent, anonymous shadow war.