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by Russell Shorto
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Merle
Merle rated it 5 years ago
Read through page 49.It's odd to call a book both florid and dull, but in this case both adjectives seem apt. In part it's perhaps because the author waxes florid and wordy on topics that are either unimportant or speculative. Why do we need an extended description of the route Henry Hudson might ha...
twostoryhouse
twostoryhouse rated it 6 years ago
As for the actual history of the New Netherlands colony, it is compelling and very interesting part of American history. The down side is that much of the source material has not been translated as the author admits. We will probably get a better, more complete history in the next 10 to 20 years aft...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 15 years ago
work pcBlurbifications - Publishers WeeklyDrawing on 17th-century Dutch records of New Netherland and its capital, Manhattan, translated by scholar Charles Gehring only in recent decades, Shorto brings to exuberant life the human drama behind the skimpy legend starting with the colony's founding in ...
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