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The Manhattan Inferno: Arson, Espionage, and the Night New York Burned During the American Revolution
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- ISBN8235030282
- EAN9798235030282
- Date de parution15/06/2026
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- ÉditeurIoakim Ioakim
Résumé
On the night of September 21, 1776, New York City erupted in flames. Only days after George Washington's army abandoned Manhattan and British forces occupied the city, a massive fire tore through lower New York. Hundreds of buildings vanished into smoke and ash. Churches collapsed. Homes disappeared. Warehouses burned. Panic swept through streets already fractured by war. But the most important question survived the flames.
Who started the fire?In The Manhattan Inferno, investigative historian Matthew Nichols examines one of the American Revolution's most controversial and least understood events. Moving beyond patriotic legend and partisan accusation, he follows the surviving evidence through military correspondence, congressional debates, eyewitness testimony, occupation records, intelligence operations, and decades of historical interpretation.
The investigation reveals a city trapped between competing forces: British occupation, Patriot resistance, Loyalist fear, military necessity, political calculation, and the brutal realities of urban warfare. Inside this book, readers will discover:. George Washington's controversial discussions about denying New York to the British.. Why Continental Congress explicitly refused permission to destroy the city..
The military disaster on Long Island that transformed New York into a strategic liability.. The British occupation of Manhattan and the atmosphere of suspicion that followed.. The arrest of suspected arsonists and the search for those responsible.. Nathan Hale's final mission and how his capture became intertwined with the city's darkest week.. The competing British, Loyalist, and Patriot narratives that emerged from the disaster..
The evidence historians still debate nearly 250 years later. Rather than offering easy answers, The Manhattan Inferno reconstructs the world that made the fire possible. It separates verified facts from rumor, contemporary accusation from later myth, and historical probability from patriotic storytelling. The result is a gripping investigation into war, espionage, urban catastrophe, and the hidden costs of revolution.
Some mysteries are never fully solved. But the ashes still have a story to tell.
Who started the fire?In The Manhattan Inferno, investigative historian Matthew Nichols examines one of the American Revolution's most controversial and least understood events. Moving beyond patriotic legend and partisan accusation, he follows the surviving evidence through military correspondence, congressional debates, eyewitness testimony, occupation records, intelligence operations, and decades of historical interpretation.
The investigation reveals a city trapped between competing forces: British occupation, Patriot resistance, Loyalist fear, military necessity, political calculation, and the brutal realities of urban warfare. Inside this book, readers will discover:. George Washington's controversial discussions about denying New York to the British.. Why Continental Congress explicitly refused permission to destroy the city..
The military disaster on Long Island that transformed New York into a strategic liability.. The British occupation of Manhattan and the atmosphere of suspicion that followed.. The arrest of suspected arsonists and the search for those responsible.. Nathan Hale's final mission and how his capture became intertwined with the city's darkest week.. The competing British, Loyalist, and Patriot narratives that emerged from the disaster..
The evidence historians still debate nearly 250 years later. Rather than offering easy answers, The Manhattan Inferno reconstructs the world that made the fire possible. It separates verified facts from rumor, contemporary accusation from later myth, and historical probability from patriotic storytelling. The result is a gripping investigation into war, espionage, urban catastrophe, and the hidden costs of revolution.
Some mysteries are never fully solved. But the ashes still have a story to tell.
