Nathan Hale and John André were both young, educated, brave and well loved, and both were hanged as spies in the American Revolution. Lossing tells their parallel stories: Hale’s mission behind British lines on Long Island, and André’s secret meeting with Benedict Arnold, his capture and his execution. Anna Seward’s elegy for André is included.
A short, moving pair of portraits from the leading popular historian of the Revolution. Download the free EPUB.