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The Island at the Center of the World

by Russell Shorto

  • FINISHED
  • Finished December 2019
  • First published 2004

history american

Describes the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam and the values of tolerance and commerce it brought to what became New York.   Shorto argues the Dutch left a bigger mark on American life than is usually admitted.

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