Washington's Spymaster: Memoir of Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge (Annotated)

A very enjoyable read for anyone interested in the American Revolution.5 stars for Benjamin Tallmadge, a hero and role model by every sense of the word, brave, bold, honorable, upright and inspirational.4 stars for content - you can see part of what made Tallmadge an outstanding leader in his directness, clarity and brevity. This reads like an executive summary. I would’ve liked to have more details and anecdotes - the man who led the continental army’s intelligence (spy ring) unit, made a fortune, fought Thomas Jefferson fiercely against slavery, and gave considerable financial contributions to promote moral issues makes no mention of these.1 Star for this particular edition - it seems that some software was used to scan the older text and no care was taken to editing the electronic “translation”... lots of words mis-written like “clown” instead of “down” (multiple times!) and punctuation in wrong places. I regret paying an extra couple of dollars for this “annotated” version - there were only a couple of them, one of them pointing to a celebrity book, which makes me think this entire edition was an advertisement. Otherwise just emphasis placed on some text with italics. Not worth it.

Great read- interesting history !! Enjoyed it!!

Interesting first person account of one man's experience in the Revalutionary War. Not too difficult to read, short enough to get through in a reasonable amount of time - many historical accounts are not. The book does give you a feel for the place and time period, and what was happening in this country during the war. This is not always a realistic picture of what the war was like - many of the more disturbing details of war are not mentioned or only briefly discussed. But still, enough information to give you a good idea of how differently wars were fought back then and a feel for the mood of the country that was about to come into existence.

Excellent reading and real insight into the war and all the places I'm familiar with in the north east... Plus how he makes Washington look like a real human!I'm also reading the diary of an enlisted soldier of the same period who was in the Army for the entire war... What a contrast in living conditions...

Col. Tallmadge offers up a detailed insider's perspective that is fun to compare with better known authors' treatment of the Revolutionary War period.

I have been reading the 14 Colony by Steve Berry. I became very interested in Benjamin Tallmadge. He is mentioned a lot through out the book. I wanted to find out more about the Society of Cincinnati but couldn't find any book on it . I decided to research Benjamin Tallmadge. I downloaded this book. This is a fantastic book on the spying that was done during the Revolutionary War. Tallmadge wrote this memoir to his son. Tallmadge was the head of the Culpor Spy Ring during the Revolutionary war. Throughout his life he never talked about what happened during the war. This is the first time he wrote anything down. He wanted his children to know the importance why the Revolutionary war was fought and what role he played.

I bought it on Kindle. It is what the man says. What else can I say. I did find it informative and, for a man of his generation, pretty easy reading.

This is a wonderful, brief account of a time in our past that gives us a glimpse of the mindsets of those who fought for us to have better opportunities. While our future is yet to be determined, and our past was far from perfect, we must never forget what occurred and we must attempt to understand why.