TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cooper,James Fenimore
TI  - The spy
SN  - 9780140436280
AV  - PS1417 .S7 1946
U1  - 813.3 
PY  - 1946///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Dodd, Mead
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - History
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Fiction
KW  - United States
N2  - Inspired by accusations of venality leveled at the men who captured Major Andre (Benedict Arnold's co-conspirator, executed for espionage in 1780), Cooper's novel centers on Harry Birch, a common man wrongly suspected by well-born Patriots of being a spy for the British. Even George Washington, who supports Birch, misreads the man, and when Washington offers him payment for information vital to the Patriot's cause, Birch scorns the money and asserts that his action were motivated not by financial reward, but by his devotion to the fight for independence. A historical adventure tale reminiscent of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels, The Spy is also a parable of the American experience, a reminder that the nation's survival, like its Revolution, depends on judging people by their actions, not their class or reputations
UR  - http://external.oneonta.edu/cooper/
UR  - http://www.archive.org/details/spy00coop
UR  - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL23266111M
ER  -