Wounded and on the run from a sheriff, he’s rescued and nursed back to health by the lovely ward of Benedict Arnold’s procurement officer in Philadelphia. If you want some accurate American History with engaging action and characters, The Accidental Spy will fill the bill. Dandy Dan McCracken is a rogue wandering around eastern Pennsylvania and living by his wits in the middle years of the American Revolution. His change from a fairly self-centered knave to a man of commitment developed smoothly and believably. The Accidental Spy Published by the author in Amazon's Kindle program 2010 Dandy Dan McCracken is a rogue wandering around Pennsylvania and living by his wits during the American Revolution.

That Dan finds his lady-love during all this further embroils him in nefarious and dangerous situations. Historical information about lifestyle and the politics of the war come through Dan as an accessory to his character, and not in preachy historian style. McCracken is enamored of the girl, but when her husband returns from the American front, he flees and falls in with a band of British spies. That his struggle includes some rather devious plans actually show the timbre opf the times-the do-anything-to-get-by aspect of the early society. Wounded and on the run from a sheriff, he’s rescued and nursed back to health by the lovely ward of Benedict Arnold’s procurement officer in Philadelphia. The authentic details and language are excellent and Dan’s situation-from one misadventure to another-pulled me in.ĭan is a likeable rogue struggling to get by in the upheavals of the American Revolution.

The first-person presentation made me feel as if Dan McCracken returned from the 18th century, plunked himself down at my kitchen table and begin telling me his story. I enjoy Lindermuth’s work, and this book ranks at the top. I downloaded the Kindle edition of this book after reading about it on Lindermuth’s blog. Wounded and on the run from a sheriff, hes rescued and nursed back to health by the lovely ward of Benedict Arnolds.

The Accidental Spy by J.R. Lindermuth