The Spy Author:James Fenimore Cooper The Spy was a mysterious stranger who, one day early in the American Revolution, found his way to a Virginia plantation and asked for lodging. Was he the simple peddlaer he claimed to be? Or a British agent in a disguise? Or was he General Washington's personal emissary on a mission that would change the course of history? — JFC was one of the f... more »irst American novelists to achieve world-wide recognition. His vivid stoies of life among the pioneers remain among the best loved and most widely read all ove the globe. The Spy ranks with the Last of the Mohicans and The Deerslayer as one of the most memorable novels America has produced.« less