TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schecter, Barnet
TI  - The battle for New York: the city at the heart of the American revolution
SN  - 978071263648X
AV  - E230.5.N4 SCH 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - Pimlico
KW  - New York (N.Y.)
KW  - History
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes a bibliographical references and index
N2  - By September 1776, New York had become the centrepiece of Britain's strategy for putting down the American rebellion. However, as Barnet Schecter reveals in his narrative, far from furnishing a key to the colonies, New York proved to be the fatal chalice that poisoned the British war effort
ER  -