New York Firefighting The American Revolution Saving Colonial Gotham From Incineration
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New York Firefighting The American Revolution Saving Colonial Gotham From Incineration
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Author : Bruce Twickler
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2022-04
New York Firefighting The American Revolution Saving Colonial Gotham From Incineration written by Bruce Twickler and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04 with History categories.
Revolutionary-era Manhattan was a chaotic scene of Loyalists, British occupation troops, Patriot spies and thousands of people seeking to live ordinary lives during extraordinary times. In the 1730s, the colonial legislature of New York officially created a fire department, establishing the origins of today's FDNY. As Washington withdrew from the city and the British rushed in, firefighters were forced to choose between joining the cause for independence or helping to protect British interests. Just days later, a fire broke out on September 21, 1776. By daybreak, it had consumed five hundred buildings and was the most destructive fire in colonial North America. While the British claimed it was set by American revolutionary vandals, controversy surrounding the fire remains today. Author Bruce Twickler uncovers the history of New York firefighting as a new nation was forged.
New York Firefighting The American Revolution
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Author : Bruce Twickler
language : en
Publisher: History Press
Release Date : 2022-04-25
New York Firefighting The American Revolution written by Bruce Twickler and has been published by History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-25 with categories.
Revolutionary-era Manhattan was a chaotic scene of Loyalists, British occupation troops, Patriot spies and thousands of people seeking to live ordinary lives during extraordinary times. In the 1730s, the colonial legislature of New York officially created a fire department, establishing the origins of today's FDNY. As Washington withdrew from the city and the British rushed in, firefighters were forced to choose between joining the cause for independence or helping to protect British interests. Just days later, a fire broke out on September 21, 1776. By daybreak, it had consumed five hundred buildings and was the most destructive fire in colonial North America. While the British claimed it was set by American revolutionary vandals, controversy surrounding the fire remains today. Author Bruce Twickler uncovers the history of New York firefighting as a new nation was forged.
The Art Of Saving New York
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Author : Bruce Twickler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-12-12
The Art Of Saving New York written by Bruce Twickler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-12 with categories.
The Art of Saving New York is a collection of Maps, Models, and Illustrations with captions from the www.SavingNY.com web site. It tells the story of the colonial FDNY (Fire Department of New York) during the American Revolution.
New York In The American Revolution
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Author : Wilbur Cortez Abbott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
New York In The American Revolution written by Wilbur Cortez Abbott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with New York (N.Y.) categories.
The Battle For New York
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Author : Barnet Schecter
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2003
The Battle For New York written by Barnet Schecter and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with New York (N.Y.) categories.
On 15 September 1776 the British army under General William Howe invaded Manhattan Island, with the largest expeditionary force in their history. George Washington's Continental Army, still in disarray after the disastrous Battle of Brooklyn some two weeks earlier, retreated north to Harlem Heights, leaving New York in British hands. Control of the city was Howe's primary objective. Located at the mouth of the strategically vital Hudson river, it had become the centrepiece of England's strategy for putting down the American rebellion. However, as Barnet Schecter reveals in his stirring narrative, far from furnishing a key to the colonies, New York proved to be the fatal chalice that poisoned the British war effort. The Battle for New York tells the story of how the city became the pivot on which the American Revolution turned from the political and religious struggles of the 1760s and early 1770s that polarised its citizens and increasingly made New York a hotbed of radical thought and action; to the campaign of 1776 that turned New York into a series of battlefields; to the seven years of British occupation, during which time Washington and Congress were as determined to regain the city as the British were to hold it. The extraordinary campaign in the autumn of 1776, which forms the dramatic heart of the book, was by far the largest military venture of the Revolutionary War; it involved almost every significant participant in the war on both sidews; and there can be little doubt that during it the fate of America hung in the balance. Moreover, the outcome had a direct impact on the major turning point of the rest of the war.
The Campaign Of 1776 Around New York And Brooklyn
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Author : Henry Phelps Johnston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
The Campaign Of 1776 Around New York And Brooklyn written by Henry Phelps Johnston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Long Island, Battle of, 1776 categories.
How The Other Half Lives
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Author : Jacob Riis
language : en
Publisher: Applewood Books
Release Date : 2011
How The Other Half Lives written by Jacob Riis and has been published by Applewood Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
The Gods Of Gotham
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Author : Lyndsay Faye
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-03-15
The Gods Of Gotham written by Lyndsay Faye and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-15 with Fiction categories.
One of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Mystery/Thrillers of the Year One of Kirkus Reviews' Ten Best Crime Novels of the Year One of Gillian Flynn's "Recommendations for the Season" on Today Edgar(R) Award Nominee for Best Novel ALA Reading List Award for Best Mystery 1845: New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two events will change New York City forever…. Timothy Wilde tends bar, saving every dollar in hopes of winning the girl of his dreams. But when his dreams are destroyed by a fire that devastates downtown Manhattan, he is left with little choice but to accept a job in the newly minted New York City Police Department. Returning exhausted from his rounds one night, Tim collides with a girl no more than ten years old… covered in blood. She claims that dozens of bodies are buried in the forest north of Twenty-Third Street. Timothy isn’t sure whether to believe her, but as the image of a brutal killer is slowly revealed and anti-Irish rage infects the city, the reluctant copper star is engaged in a battle that may cost him everything…
The Bowery Boys
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Author : Greg Young
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-06-21
The Bowery Boys written by Greg Young and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-21 with History categories.
Uncover fascinating, little-known histories of the five boroughs in The Bowery Boys’ official companion to their popular, award-winning podcast. It was 2007. Sitting at a kitchen table and speaking into an old karaoke microphone, Greg Young and Tom Meyers recorded their first podcast. They weren’t history professors or voice actors. They were just two guys living in the Bowery and possessing an unquenchable thirst for the fascinating stories from New York City’s past. Nearly 200 episodes later, The Bowery Boys podcast is a phenomenon, thrilling audiences each month with one amazing story after the next. Now, in their first-ever book, the duo gives you an exclusive personal tour through New York’s old cobblestone streets and gas-lit back alleyways. In their uniquely approachable style, the authors bring to life everything from makeshift forts of the early Dutch years to the opulent mansions of The Gilded Age. They weave tales that will reshape your view of famous sites like Times Square, Grand Central Terminal, and the High Line. Then they go even further to reveal notorious dens of vice, scandalous Jazz Age crime scenes, and park statues with strange pasts. Praise for The Bowery Boys “Among the best city-centric series.” —New York Times “Meyers and Young have become unofficial ambassadors of New York history.” —NPR “Breezy and informative, crowded with the finest grifters, knickerbockers, spiritualists, and city builders to stalk these streets since back when New Amsterdam was just some farms.” —Village Voice “Young and Meyers have an all-consuming curiosity to work out what happened in their city in years past, including the Newsboys Strike of 1899, the history of the Staten Island Ferry, and the real-life sites on which Martin Scorsese’s Vinyl is based.” —The Guardian
The Jewish Unions In America
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Author : Bernard Weinstein
language : en
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Release Date : 2018-02-06
The Jewish Unions In America written by Bernard Weinstein and has been published by Open Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-06 with History categories.
Newly arrived in New York in 1882 from Tsarist Russia, the sixteen-year-old Bernard Weinstein discovered an America in which unionism, socialism, and anarchism were very much in the air. He found a home in the tenements of New York and for the next fifty years he devoted his life to the struggles of fellow Jewish workers. The Jewish Unions in America blends memoir and history to chronicle this time. It describes how Weinstein led countless strikes, held the unions together in the face of retaliation from the bosses, investigated sweatshops and factories with the aid of reformers, and faced down schisms by various factions, including Anarchists and Communists. He co-founded the United Hebrew Trades and wrote speeches, articles and books advancing the cause of the labor movement. From the pages of this book emerges a vivid picture of workers’ organizations at the beginning of the twentieth century and a capitalist system that bred exploitation, poverty, and inequality. Although workers’ rights have made great progress in the decades since, Weinstein’s descriptions of workers with jobs pitted against those without, and American workers against workers abroad, still carry echoes today. The Jewish Unions in America is a testament to the struggles of working people a hundred years ago. But it is also a reminder that workers must still battle to live decent lives in the free market. For the first time, Maurice Wolfthal’s readable translation makes Weinstein’s Yiddish text available to English readers. It is essential reading for students and scholars of labor history, Jewish history, and the history of American immigration.