{"product_id":"the-secret-patriots-grant-whitmore-9781835564561","title":"The Secret Patriots: Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America When It Mattered Most","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe America You Know Is Only Half the Story\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory lied to you. The real America wasn't built by the marble statues and famous faces in your textbooks; it was forged by a one-legged spy who terrorized Hitler, an enslaved man who helped win the Revolution while fighting for his own freedom, and a gay organizer who planned the March on Washington but couldn't march in the front row.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeet the Secret Patriots Who Changed Everything: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVirginia Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e - Rejected as \"too disabled,\" she became Hitler's most wanted enemy agent.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSybil Ludington\u003c\/strong\u003e - The 16-year-old who rode twice as far as Paul Revere (so why don't you know her name?).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJames Armistead Lafayette\u003c\/strong\u003e - A slave who spied for Washington while pretending to spy for the British.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBayard Rustin\u003c\/strong\u003e - The brilliant mind who organized MLK's dream but had to hide in the shadows.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Keckley\u003c\/strong\u003e - From enslaved seamstress to Lincoln's confidante during America's darkest hour.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is history with the sanitized version stripped away.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo perfect heroes. No simple answers. Just flawed, extraordinary people doing the impossible when everything was falling apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the hidden truth about American courage in stories that will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about who built this country, and why their names were buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it. And in America's darkest hours, ordinary people have always found extraordinary ways to light the path forward.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe real founding fathers and mothers. The true price of freedom. The heroes history forgot, until now.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grant Whitmore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1835564569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781835564561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hmdpublishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Grant Whitmore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47427834675455,"sku":"9781835564561","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cbb8485f-2139-408f-a775-e1a6e081a3cf.jpg?v=1761581890","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-secret-patriots-grant-whitmore-9781835564561","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}