{"product_id":"2940196975479","title":"The Guard Who Broke Ranks : Thomas Hickey, John Jay, and the Documented 1776 Plot Against George Washington","description":"\u003cp\u003eA traitor inside George Washington's personal guard. A wartime investigation led by John Jay. A city divided between revolution and loyalty to the Crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn June 1776, as British forces prepared to strike New York, authorities uncovered a suspected network of Loyalist recruiters, counterfeiters, political operatives, and soldiers willing to turn against the American cause. At the center stood Thomas Hickey, a member of Washington's own guard who would become the first soldier executed for treason during the Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut was this truly an assassination plot against Washington, or has history transformed a wartime security investigation into something larger?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilt from surviving records, military proceedings, congressional correspondence, and contemporary accounts, this investigative history follows the evidence wherever it leads, separating documented fact from patriotic legend.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TrueHistories","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48285046243569,"sku":"2940196975479","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940196975479_p0.jpg?v=1781008308","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940196975479","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}