The Island at the Center of the World
The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
Russell Shorto
When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polyglot society began to disappear into myths about an island purchased for 24 dollars and a cartoonish peg-legged governor. But the story of the Dutch colony of New Netherland was merely lost, not destroyed: 12,000 pages of its records–recently declared a...
Publish Date
2005-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
2005-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads rating
4.15
ISBN
8601417156063
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2021-02-27T21:55:18.000Z
Loved and highly recommend #IslandAtTheCenteroftheWorld by @RussellShorto Thrilling and illuminating! I sent this announcement to my family and they’re all texting how much they loved this book! #Manhattan #NYC – source