I've picked "George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring that Saved the American Revolution" by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger for our June 2016 book. It comes with a glowing recommendation from my dad.
ABOUT THE BOOK
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.
*Now with a new afterword containing never-before-seen research on the identity of the spy ring’s most secret member, Agent 355
“This is my kind of history book. Get ready. Here’s the action.” —BRAD MELTZER, bestselling author of The Fifth Assassin and host of Decoded
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Brian Kilmeade cohosts Fox News Channel’s morning show “Fox &
Friends” and also hosts the nationally syndicated radio show “Kilmeade
& Friends.” He lives on Long Island.
Don Yaeger has written or co-written twenty-three books, and lives in Tallahassee, Florida.