The Fox and the Hound: The Birth of American Spying

by Donald E. Markle

Book Overview

Most books about espionage in the American Revolutionary War tend to focus solely on General George Washington, but as noted historian Donald E. Markle explores in this fascinating account, there was an entire system of intelligence communication autonomous from his direction. General Washington and General Charles Cornwallis were engaged in a constant battle to outmaneuver each other, and Cornwallis seemed to always be one step behind Washington...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781813212
• ISBN13: 9780781813211
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.7"