Written in 1821, The Spy was intended to preserve both the memory and the meaning of the American Revolution. Inspired by accusations of venality leveled at the men who captured Major Andre (Benedict Arnold's co-conspirator who was executed for espionage in 1780), the novel centers on Harry Birch, a common man wrongly suspected by the Patriots of being a spy for the British.
Customer Review: The Spy: The 1821 novel by James Fenimore Cooper celebrates patriotism in the American Revolutionary War
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) has been called the American Sir Walter Scott. Like Scott he wrote of his native land. In his great Leatherstocking Tales and in this early novel he explores life i...
Customer Review: "Harvey Birch ... a faithful and unrequited servant of his country."
THE SPY, America's first historical novel, is set in late 1780. It plays out in New York's Westchester County, "the neutral ground" between the British forces occupying Manhattan and the American rebe...
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