Booksignings, Presentations, Events, & Tour Information

Contact: Penguin Group for information on The Battle for New York events.

Events for The Devil's Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct America,
and The Battle for New York, both books by Barnet Schecter

4-6:00 p.m., Saturday, August 16, 2008
Tour of New York Harbor and the Brooklyn shore aboard the luxury motor yacht Manhattan.

Details and tickets at http://www.sail-nyc.com/html/special_events.html and http://www.zerve.com/SailNYC/BattleBK. Or call (212) 209-3370.
Barnet Schecter
The Battle for New York
The City at the Heart of the American Revolution
10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 23, 2008
Centennial Memorial Tribute to the Prison Ship Martyrs, America's First POW's.

Fort Greene Park
Myrtle Avenue at N. Portland Street in Brooklyn. Nearest subways are D,M,N,R to DeKalb or 2,3,4,5 to Nevins. Go!
Barnet Schecter
The Battle for New York
The City at the Heart of the American Revolution
2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 23, 2008
Talk and Booksigning

Federal Hall National Memorial
Broad and Wall Streets in Lower Manhattan. Go!
Barnet Schecter
The Battle for New York
The City at the Heart of the American Revolution
10:00 a.m.,Sunday August 24, 2008
trolley tour of the battlefield in Green-Wood Cemetery

Details at . Click on Activities and then Special Events. Go! Please call 718- 768-7300 for reservations.
Barnet Schecter
The Battle for New York
The City at the Heart of the American Revolution