Manhattan Inferno: Arson, Espionage, and the Night New York Burned During the American Revolution

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 ques...