[PDF.21sh] The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

[PDF.ba41] The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

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 | #14273 in Books |  Vintage |  2005-04-12 |  2005-04-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.90 x5.20l,.84 | File type: PDF | 416 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Who knew we owed the Dutch so much|By vmhutch|Oh, wonderful. This book is so beautiful written. His description of Henry Hudson's family's participation in the investment house that funded his trips, the transition to describing London, the bridge, its environs, then this: "Beyond it stood the rounded wooden structure of the Globe Theater in its original incarnation." Wow. T|From Publishers Weekly|Drawing on 17th-century Dutch records of New Netherland and its capital, Manhattan, translated by scholar Charles Gehring only in recent decades, Shorto (Gospel Truth) brings to exuberant life the human drama behind the skimpy legend start

A gripping narrative of New Netherland–a story of global sweep centered on a wilderness called Manhattan–that transforms our understanding of early America.

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...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America   |  Russell Shorto. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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