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The Martyr and the Traitor - Nathan Hale, Moses Dunbar, and the American Revolution (Paperback)
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The Martyr and the Traitor - Nathan Hale, Moses Dunbar, and the American Revolution (Paperback)
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In September 1776, two men from Connecticut each embarked on a
dangerous mission. One of the men, a soldier disguised as a
schoolmaster, made his way to British-controlled Manhattan and
began furtively making notes and sketches to bring back to the
beleaguered Continental Army general, George Washington. The other
man traveled to New York to accept a captain's commission in a
loyalist regiment before returning home to recruit others to join
British forces. Neither man completed his mission. Both met their
deaths at the end of a hangman's rope, one executed as a spy for
the American cause and the other as a traitor to it. Neither Nathan
Hale nor Moses Dunbar deliberately set out to be a revolutionary or
a loyalist, yet both suffered the same fate. They died when there
was every indication that Britain would win the American
Revolution. Had that been the outcome, Dunbar, convicted of treason
and since forgotten, might well be celebrated as a martyr. And
Hale, caught spying on the British, would likely be remembered as a
traitor, rather than a Revolutionary hero. In The Martyr and the
Traitor, Virginia DeJohn Anderson offers an intertwined narrative
of men from very similar backgrounds and reveals how their
relationships within their families and communities became
politicized as the imperial crisis with Britain erupted. She
explores how these men forged their loyalties in perilous times and
believed the causes for which they died to be honorable. Through
their experiences, The Martyr and the Traitor illuminates the
impact of the Revolution on ordinary lives and how the stories of
patriots and loyalists were remembered and forgotten after
independence.
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