Today Maddie and I discuss the life of Nathan Hale, concluding with his disastrous spy mission, which led to his execution and made him and American revolutionary hero. Sources for this episode:

Consider Tiffany, Book VI, The War Between Great Britain and the Colonies from 1780 to 1783, available here: https://www.academia.edu/40188172/Consider_Tiffany_Book_VI_The_War_Between_Great_Britain_and_the_Colonies_from_1780_to_1783

George Dudley Seymour: Captain Nathan Hale, 1755-1776: Yale college 1773, Available here: https://ca ...