Robert Greenberger's Reviews > Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring

Alexander Rose shines an overdue spotlight on the burgeoning world of American espionage. He brings us little known but vital characters in our history, explaining how General Washington built and benefited from the spy ring. Rose's prose is a little dry now and then but the stories are compelling and the background provided puts things nicely into perspective. I am also biased in favor of this book since so many of the locales on Long Island and Connecticut are where I spent my childhood and adult years. However, I have no regrets in selecting this as my Honors 11 summer reading assignment.