All posts tagged "espionage"
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19.8K8ConnecticutThe Capture of Nathan Hale, a Hidden History Surfaces After 224 Years
More than two centuries after Nathan Hale was hanged, a sharp-eyed librarian discovered the hidden truth about his capture. Nathan Hale has...
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7.5K11Crime and ScandalLona Cohen – The Spy Who Kept Her Cool Even in the Desert
The year was 1945 and 32-year-old Lona Cohen from Adams, Mass. was in the New Mexico desert. Americans had perfected the nuclear...
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19.8K9ConnecticutCaleb Brewster Crosses the Devil’s Belt for the Culper Spy Ring
Caleb Brewster relied on a woman’s underwear and his own seamanship to bring vital intelligence to George Washington during the American Revolution....
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70.7KBusiness and LaborArt Young – Connecticut Cartoonist for Truth, Justice and the Working Man
A century ago, Connecticut’s Art Young was a radical political cartoonist, and many of his drawings would be as relevant today as...
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6.6K2ConnecticutWilliam Colepaugh, The Connecticut Spy Who Went Out in the Maine Cold
On a cold, stormy November night in 1944 a German U-Boat surfaced off the coast of Maine near Hancock. William Colepaugh and...
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12.9K4Business and LaborNew England Good Life: The Great Madness of Scott Nearing
The announcement of their wedding was that of a classically trained musician to an academic economist and political provocateur. So naturally, when...
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