Written in 1821 to preserve both the memory and the meaning of the American Revolution, The Spy was inspired by accusations made against the men who captured Major Andre, Benedict Arnold's co-conspirator who was executed for espionage in 1870. Cooper's novel centers on Harry Birch, a common man wrongly suspected by the Patriots of acting as a spy for the British.
At the time of the Revolutionary War, a peddler makes use of the suspicions that he is in league with the British in order to procure information for General Washington. Nine 90-minute cassettes and one 60.
This is the story of a America spy during the Revolution. At great risk information was gathered against the English which helped the colonies win their freedom.
xxiv 392p blue paperback, introduction, bibliography, very good, as new first impression, publisher's compliments slip inserted, edirted by J E Morpurgo
The author has often been asked if there were any foundation in real life for the delineation of the principal character in this book. He can give no clearer answer to the question than by laying before his readers a simple statement of the facts connected with its original publication.