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Author:

Shorto, Russell.

Title:

The island at the center of the world : the epic story of Dutch Manhattan and the forgotten colony that shaped America / Russell Shorto.

Edition:

1st Vintage Books ed.

Publisher:

Vintage Books,

Copyright Date:

2005, c2004

Description:

xiv, 384 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Minuit, Peter,--1580-1638.
Stuyvesant, Peter,--1592-1672.
Donck, Adriaen van der,--1620-1655.
Dutch Americans--New York (N.Y.)--History.
New York (N.Y.)--History.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History.
New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government.
United States--History--1600-1775, Colonial Period.
New York (N.Y.)--Biography.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-372) and index.

Summary:

A history of the Dutch role in the establishment of Manhattan discusses the rivalry between England and the Dutch Republic, focusing on the power struggle between governor Peter Stuyvesant and politician Adriaen van der Donck.

ISBN:

9781400078677 (pbk.) :
1400078679 (pbk.) :

Locations:

OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)

VGPC334 -- Fayette Community Library (Fayette)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

DQPA403 -- Williams Public Library (Williams)