The great New York fire of 1776 : a lost story of the American Revolution

The great New York fire of 1776 : a lost story of the American Revolution

Lost story of the American Revolution

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2023.

viii, 345 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

974.7103 C293 2023

(OCoLC)1309864321

"New York City, the strategic center of the Revolutionary War, was the most important place in North America in 1776. That summer, an unruly rebel army under George Washington repeatedly threatened to burn the city rather than let the British take it. Shortly after the Crown's forces took New York City, much of it mysteriously burned to the ground. This is the first book to fully explore the Great Fire of 1776 and why its origins remained a mystery even after the British investigated it in 1776 and 1783. Uncovering stories of espionage, terror, and radicalism, Benjamin L. Carp paints a vivid picture of the chaos, passions, and unresolved tragedies that define a historical moment we usually associate with "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"--Book jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-320) and index.
L2023M17
The author was a 2012 Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati fellow.

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