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(The World According to Carp?)
Paperback Party!
Hot on the heels of the audiobook release, today is the release of the paperback edition of The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution.
I now have a link where you can register for the talk I’m giving at the College of Staten Island on February 23
Jake Suggs of American HIstory Gazette chatted with me about the Boston Tea Party: you can watch the video or listen to the podcast version .
Happy Audiobook release day!
Today is the publication day for the audiobook of The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution. Have a listen! And if you’re still not sure whether it’s a book worth investigating, subscribers to the Journal of Military History can check out the great review that Professor T. Cole Jones wrote.
Meanwhile, stay tuned for the paperback release day next week!
Brooklyn College did a short video interview with me; I’m pretty sure my work on the Boston Tea Party is featured in the first 2024 issue of American Heritage magazine and there’s another online piece on the way.
In other news, I have just two more online talks scheduled, at the North Jersey American Revolution Round Table and the College of Staten Island History Department. I will also appear on a couple more podcasts in the near future, and I’ll let you know about those when they’re released, but since those are already recorded, I can start thinking about future projects. It’s been quite a year! Thanks to everyone who read, tuned in, or said a kind word.
Coming up in 2024
After a whirlwind fall of talks on both the Great New York City Fire of 1776 and the Boston Tea Party of 1773, which celebrated its 250th anniversary on December 16, 2023, my schedule finally seems to be calming down somewhat. But I am still doing a couple of Zoom events in January, as well as some private events in New Jersey, New York, and Florida, in January and February. Please see the Events page for more information!
I did publish an article reflecting on my experiences at the Boston Tea Party reenactment, which you can read about at HNN/Bunk History. I also chatted with Smithsonian Magazine.
Thanks to all the wonderful audiences who invited me to speak about the American Revolution and its legacy during the very busy year of 2023. Happy New Year to everyone!
Oh, and stay tuned! The paperback edition of The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution should be available soon, as well as (I think!) the audiobook! The great Vaughn Scribner wrote a really nice review of the book for H-Environment, and Gene Procknow (who previously reviewed the book for the Journal of the American Revolution) called the book one of the best he read in 2023.
Agh, there’s much more! Colonial Williamsburg published a cool piece on the Boston Tea Party, and I appeared on several podcasts, and even a couple of TV shows, over the past months. I’ve tried to stay on top of all that on social media, but not on this blog, for which I apologize! Best wishes to all for 2024.
Summer's End: Upcoming Events
Well, after a long break from the blog, here are some upcoming events! You can see fuller details for some of these on the events page, too.
August 23 (Wednesday), 7 pm to 8:30 pm, In Person, “The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution,” Non-Fiction at the Bryant Park Reading Room series, Bryant Park, NY [free]
September 17 (Sunday), 2 pm, Online, Book Breaks, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
September 17 (Sunday), 7 pm to 8:30 pm, Online, “The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America,” Emerging Revolutionary War [link to livestream]
September 26 (Tuesday), 7 pm to 8 pm, Online, “A Hat Trick with author Benjamin L. Carp!” HistoryAuthorTalks.com [click here to register]
October 12 (Thursday), 6:30 pm (preceded by reception at 5 pm), In Person, “American Creation, American Destruction: The 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party and 1776,” H. Nicholas Hamner Lecture, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
October 25 (Wednesday), noon to 1 pm, Online, “The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution,” New York State Library Public Webinars [click on link to register]
…and stay tuned for more Boston Tea Party talks in December!
Talking Tea with the Alarmist Podcast
Today is a big 249th anniversary, and the Los Angeles podcast "The Alarmist" had me on to chat about the Boston Tea Party.
