George Washington's Secret Six

When George Washington beat a hasty retreat from New York City in August 1776, many thought the American Revolution might soon be over.

Instead, Washington rallied-thanks in large part to a little-known, top-secret group called the Culper Spy Ring.

He realized that he couldn?t defeat the British with military might, so he recruited a sophisticated and deeply secretive intelligence network to infiltrate New York.Drawing on extensive research, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger have offered fascinating portraits of these spies- a reserved Quaker merchant, a tavern keeper, a brash young longshoreman, a curmudgeonly Long Island bachelor, a coffeehouse owner, and a mysterious woman.

Long unrecognized, the secret six are finally receiving their due among the pantheon of American heroes.