Hello all happy 2014 first post of the new yea lets get it started.
Throughout history there have been the moments that changed the history and these moments are recorded discussed, and analyzed by everyone, then there are the moments, people, and events that are not talked about the happen behind the scenes that few people reconize but if they had not happened would not have made the big moments possible this book is about one of these times and a group of unsung heroes who deserve much credit for allowing a huge change to take place.
The moment was the American Revolution and the men were the men who comprised the Culper Spy Ring
For those hwo dont know in 1779 Washing asked General Ben Tallmidge to recruit men in and around new york to spy on the british these men eventually became known as the Culper Spy ring and they gave washing the info he needed to win the American Revolution
But as the book describes these men and women were not perfect, from the ones who saught adventure to those who wee called to action but scared to fight to the turncoats, all of these men are flawed but all had a single minded determination to bring freedom from a tyrant a world away and because of their actions washington became a president and the United states of america was born.
The book is a good read but it is a story inside a information book, there is alot of information here, but sometimes lose loses focus and gets sidetracked, but you can most assuredly tell he did his research on all of the members of the ring he could from Abraham Woodhall, to Benjamin Tallmidge to Caleb Brewster all of the men and women he could research are id and brought forth. Still though the times the book goes off the rails and describes every member of the culper ring families takes away from what could be a great book but this book gives you a look at what the beginnings of the american spycraft began.
7 out of ten stars
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