24 oz.; 285 pages; New Large Print HC w/DJ unread/unmarked Gift Quality. Written in 1821 to preserve both the memory and the meaning of the American Revolution, The Spy was inspired by accusations made against the men who captured Major Andre, Benedict Arnold's co-conspirator who was executed for espionage in 1870. Cooper's novel centers on Harry Birch, a common man wrongly suspected by the Patriots of acting as a spy for the British.