Many of the American Revolution‘s key moments can be traced to New York: city crowds rioted against colonial taxation and George Washington spent one-third of the war in and around the soon-to-be “Empire State.”
Beyond these well-known players and moments, however, lies a trove of new information on New York’s hidden revolutionary stories. Fire and Freedom: The American Revolution in New York (Three Hills / Cornell University Press, 2026) showcases New York’s central role in the revolution and highlights the stories of people and events previously hidden from popular view. [Read more…] about Fire and Freedom: The American Revolution in New York
In the latest episode of the “New Netherland Praatjes” podcast, author and museum curator Steve Jaffe chats with Steve McErleane and Russell Shorto about Jaffe’s work on the “New York at Its Core” exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, a new installation that attempts to answer the question “What makes New York New York?”
The winner of this year’s Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award is Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom by Russell Shorto. Shorto is best-selling author and contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine.
The Center for the Book has announced that noted historian Russell Shorto is among the six members of the 2018 Class of Inductees for the NYS Writers Hall of Fame.
