Happy book release day, everyone! I’ve put together this music playlist for readers to enjoy while reading The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution. The book has an introduction, fourteen chapters, and a conclusion, so the playlist has sixteen songs, one to go with each of those parts of the book. Click through and enjoy! Track list below.
Introduction, Was It Just the Wind?: “September,” Earth, Wind & Fire
Chapter 1, A Small City Still Standing: “Welcome to New York,” Taylor Swift
Chapter 2, Destroying Towns in a Civil War: “Fire,” Beth Ditto
Chapter 3, The Armies Approach New York: “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City,” Bobby “Blue'“ Bland
Chapter 4, The Rankled Rank and File: “MUTINY,” Neoni
Chapter 5, General Washington’s Bad Options: “Across 110th Street,” Bobby Womack
Chapter 6, The Loss of New York City: “Nowhere to Run,” Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Chapter 7, The Great Fire: “Welcome to the Party,” Diplo, French Montana, Lil Pump, Zhavia
Chapter 8, Firebrands: “Fire Woman,” The Cult
Chapter 9, Surveying the Wreckage: “Ashes,” Céline Dion
Chapter 10, The Commandant’s Conundrum: “Fire for You,” Cannons
Chapter 11, The Story of the Fire Takes Shape: “Burn,” Bruce Cockburn
Chapter 12, The Fates of Three Captains: “Capital Punishment,” Big Pun, Prospect
Chapter 13, A War of Devastation and Restraint: “Setting Fires,” The Chainsmokers, XYLØ
Chapter 14, The Unresolved War: “My City of Ruins,” Bruce Springsteen
Conclusion, Forgetting the Fire: “Wake Me up When September Ends,” Green Day