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This is the true story of the anonymous spies who helped win the Revolutionary War. Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger finally give Townsend and his fellow spies proper due, telling the fascinating story of how they passed information to George Washington that turned the tide of the war. They included a longshoreman, bartender, newspaper editor, housewife, tailor, and femme fatale. The Culper Spy Ring used sophisticated tactics to subvert the British.

War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814, President James Madison's generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing battles in Canada. Then British troops set the White House ablaze, and a feeling of hopelessness spread across the country. Into this dire situation stepped Major General Andrew Jackson.