The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385503495 (0385503490)
Publish date: March 16th 2004
Publisher: Doubleday/Random House (NY et al.)
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
History,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
Geography,
Politics,
American History,
New York,
Cities,
17th Century
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...
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...
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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