George Washinton's Secret Six
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6 August 2022
Today I finished another book that I inherited from dad, George Washinton's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution, which was surprisingly entertaining. Despite the sensational title it detailed the operations of the Culper spy ring, which operated behind enemy lines in occupied New York during the war. This tale was not well remembered by me outside of where it intersects the tale intersects that of Benedict Arnold. Part the way through the book I made the mistake of looking at the author information on the jacket - Brian Kilmeade, co-host of "Fox & Friends" - but I was already hooked in. His co-author Don Yaeger perhaps did the heavy lifting though, and the acknowledgements list a team of researchers. Like a modern movie the book had star power with the author's name above the title, but most of the work was likely done by people only credited briefly at the end. But they produced an entertaining, well-researched book so I really can't complain about process.
