James Fenimore Cooper
The Spy
Paperback
(Independently published Jan. 2, 2020)
The action takes place during the American Revolution, at "The Locusts", which is believed to have been the real family home of John Jay in Rye, Westchester County, New York (known today as the Jay Estate). The plot ranges back and forth over the neutral ground between the British and Continental armies.Harvey Birch, peddler and patriot, is a character remotely founded upon that of a real spy who helped John Jay. H. L. Barnum's The Spy Unmasked; or Memoirs of Enoch Crosby, alias Harvey Birch (1828; 5th ed., 1864) claimed to identify the historical spy.
- ISBN
- 1675223009 / 9781675223000
- Pages
- 341
- Weight
- 13.1 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 0.86
in.