Playlist for the Great New York Fire of 1776

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