Upcoming Book Talks (mid-February update)
We’re still in the midst of several public book talks! You can see fuller details for some of these on the events page, too.
Feb. 23 (Thursday), 7 pm, Online, “Virtual Lecture: The Great New York Fire of 1776,” Putnam History Museum, Cold Spring, NY [must have tickets: free for members, $10 for non-members. Support history non-profits!]
March 2 (Thursday), 6:30 pm (Central), Online, Six Bridges Book Festival, Little Rock, AR
March 9 (Thursday), 4 pm (Pacific Time), In Person, register for pre-circulated material: “The Great New York Fire of 1776,” American Origins seminar, Early Modern Studies Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
March 18 (Saturday), In Person, “‘Many Circumstances Lead to Conjecture That Mr. Washington Was Privy to This Villainous Act’: George Washington and the Great New York City Fire of 1776,” 10th Annual Conference on the American Revolution, America’s History, LLC, Williamsburg, VA (registration required)
March 21 (Tuesday), 5:30 pm to 9 pm, In Person, Reception and Panel, New York City Fire Museum, New York
March 24 (Friday), 11 am to 12:30 pm, In Person, The Great New York Fire of 1776, CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences, Graduate Center, New York (this has been postponed)
March 25 (Saturday), 2 pm, In Person, The Great New York Fire of 1776, at Recirculation (a project of Word Up Bookstore), 876 Riverside Drive, New York
March 30 (Thursday), 6:30 pm to 8 pm, Online, “The Night Patriots Burned New York City Down,” with Russell Shorto, The Gotham Center for New York City History, CUNY Graduate Center, New York [registration required, free]
April 3 (Monday), 12:50 pm, In Person, “The Great New York Fire of 1776,” with Barnet Schecter, Tanger Auditorium, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
April 4 (Tuesday), 7:30 pm, American Revolution Round Table of New York, New York [advance registration probably required]
April 27 (Thursday), 7 pm to 8 pm, Online and in person “The Great New York Fire of 1776,” Ford Evening Book Talk Series, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, VA [free]
May 5 (Friday), 4 to 5:30 pm, in person, Joint Book Presentation, with David Waldstreicher, Graduate Center, CUNY, New York
May 18 (Thursday), 6:30 pm, in person, unnamed talk, sponsored by New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Fraunces Tavern, New York
May 22 (Monday), 7:30 pm, In Person, “The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution,” American Revolution Round Table of Philadelphia, Montgomery, PA (arrive an hour early for food and drink)
May 23 (Tuesday), 6 pm, In Person and Hybrid, The Great New York Fire of 1776, General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York, New York