By Barnet Schecter

The City at the Heart of the American Revolution.

Historican Barnet Schecter tells the story of how New York became the pivot on which the American Revolution turned. By far the largest military venue of the Revolutionary War, the struggle for control of New York involved almost every significant participant on both sides, from General William Howe to Nathan Hale, and Benedict Arnold to George Washington. (Softcover, Penguin Books, 2002.)