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An artist in treason: the extraordinary double life of general james wilkinson

By Recorded Books , Andro , Inc.;Linklater

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc;Walker & Co
Year
2010
ISBN
9780802777720, 0802777724
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2127116 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical;Electronic b

Description

For almost two decades, through the War of 1812, James Wilkinson was the senior general in the United States Army. Amazingly, he was also Agent 13 in the Spanish secret service at a time when Spain's empire dominated North America. Wilkinson's audacious career as a double agent is all the more remarkable because it was an open secret, circulated regularly in newspapers and pamphlets. His saga illuminates just how fragile and vulnerable the young republic was: No fewer than our first four presidents turned a blind eye to his treachery and gambled that the mercurial general would never betray the army itself and use it too overthrow the nascent union-a faith that was ultimately rewarded.

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