Presents accounts of actual secret missions and successful and unsuccessful spy attempts during the American Revolution. Includes spy-themed activities and projects.
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Secrets -- George Washington, master spy -- The Boston Tea Party -- Culper spy ring -- Spy training: crack George's code -- Spy training: tea party experiment -- Spies -- Nathan Hale -- Hero to zero -- Housewife spy -- The woman called Wahatchee -- Slave turned spy: James Armistead LaFayette -- Benjamin Franklin, patriot spy -- Spy training: a spy's memory -- Spy training: truth or lie -- Special missions -- John Paul Jones's raid -- Daring Dicey -- The truth about Paul Revere's ride -- Molly Pitcher -- Spy training: target practice -- Spy training: rule of thumb -- Secret weapons -- Brown Bess -- The turtle submarine -- Innovative artillerymen -- Dead drops and invisible ink -- Spy training: message eggs -- Spy training: invisible ink -- Spy training: spy blocker -- Secret forces -- Pirates of the revolution -- Minutemen -- The Swamp Fox -- Peter Francisco: the one-man army -- Smuggling for freedom -- Sneaky tricks -- Spy training: hidden messages -- Spy training: swamp training.