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George Washington's Long Island: A History and Tour Guide Kindle Edition

by Bill Bleyer (Author), Audrey C. Tiernan (Photographer) Format: Kindle Edition
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In 1778, two years after the British forced the Continental Army out of New York City, George Washington and his subordinates organized a secret spy network to gather intelligence in Manhattan and Long Island. Known today as the "Culper Spy Ring," Patriots like Abraham Woodhull and Robert Townsend risked their lives to report on British military operations in the region. Vital reports clandestinely traveled from New York City across the East River to Setauket and were rowed on whaleboats across the Long Island Sound to the Connecticut shore. Using ciphers, codes and invisible ink, the spy ring exposed British plans to attack French forces at Newport and a plot to counterfeit American currency. Author Bill Bleyer corrects the record, examines the impact of George Washington's Long Island spy ring and identifies Revolutionary War sites that remain today.
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Bill Bleyer was a prize-winning staff writer for Newsday, the Long Island daily newspaper, for thirty-three years before retiring in 2014 to write books and freelance for the newspaper and magazines. He is coauthor, with Harrison Hunt, of Long Island and the Civil War (The History Press, 2015). He is the author of Sagamore Hill: Theodore Roosevelt's Summer White House (The History Press, 2016), The Fire Island Lighthouse: Long Island's Welcoming Beacon (The History Press, 2017) and Long Island and the Sea: A Maritime History (The History Press, 2019). The Long Island native has written extensively about history for newspapers and magazines. In 1997-98, he was one of four Newsday staff writers assigned full time to Long Island: Our Story, a year-long daily history of Long Island that resulted in three books and filled hundreds of pages in the newspaper. His work has been published in Civil War News, Naval History, Sea History, Lighthouse Digest and numerous other magazines, as well as in the New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Toronto Star and other newspapers. Bleyer graduated Phi Beta Kappa with highest honors in economics from Hofstra University, where he has been an adjunct professor teaching journalism and economics. He earned a master's degree in urban studies at Queens College of the City University of New York. An avid sailor, diver and kayaker, he lives in Bayville, Long Island.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B092B87PTG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Arcadia Publishing (June 14, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 14, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 11086 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 381 pages
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Fun quick read so far on the spy ring, but noticed a big typo. The photo on p.41 says this is Henry Clinton, but it's not, it Admiral Richard Howe, commander of the Royal Navy during the Revolutionary War.
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bo bishop
5.0 out of 5 stars This is an Excellent Book
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024
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The Culper Spy Ring was a group of individuals who spied on the British and had an impact on the outcome of the Revolutionary War. This is very well written, very well researched book and corrects the "misleading" information of what is written about one of George Washinton's spy sources that had a collectively great impact on the War of Independence.

There was a British Major, George Beckwith, who was in charge of military intelligence in the colonies during the war, and he is quoted in a London newspaper after the war, as stating: "Washington didn't really outfight the British, he merely out-spied us." Washington not only was the first president of our country, he was also the first intelligence chief. This book is definitely worth having!!
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Thomas Lederer
5.0 out of 5 stars Bleyer gets it right...
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2023
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Long Island's residents and its geography played a huge role in the Revolutionary War. I've read dozens of books about it, wrote a smattering about it for the NYT, but former Newsday reporter Bill Bleyer debunks much of those accountings including the TV series, "Turn." Bleyer's book is meticulously researched and a must-read for LI history buffs.
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Nicholas
3.0 out of 5 stars Fun Quick Read
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2021
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Fun quick read so far on the spy ring, but noticed a big typo. The photo on p.41 says this is Henry Clinton, but it's not, it Admiral Richard Howe, commander of the Royal Navy during the Revolutionary War.
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Nicholas
3.0 out of 5 stars Fun Quick Read
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2021
Fun quick read so far on the spy ring, but noticed a big typo. The photo on p.41 says this is Henry Clinton, but it's not, it Admiral Richard Howe, commander of the Royal Navy during the Revolutionary War.
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Top Down Bruce
5.0 out of 5 stars Bleyer does an Excellent job
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2022
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Bill Bleyer does an excellent job in meeting manyof the mistakes created by the series TURN.
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