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The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution

by Benjamin Carp

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.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780300246957