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Taking Manhattan : the extraordinary events that created New York and shaped America Cover Image

Taking Manhattan : the extraordinary events that created New York and shaped America / Russell Shorto.

Extraordinary events that created New York and shaped America (portion title)

Shorto, Russell, (author.).

Summary:

The author of The Island at the Center of the World offers up a thrilling narrative of how New York--that brash, bold, archetypal city--came to be.

Record details

ISBN: 9780393881165
ISBN: 0393881164
Physical Description: xii, 390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2025]
Copyright: ©2025

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-371) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: The view from the mountaintop -- Part one: Squaring off. The invader -- The defender -- Enemy waters -- Stuyvesant's error -- Part two: Settlement and exile. Rabbits on an anthill -- The trailblazer -- The exile -- Dorothea Angola -- Restoration London -- Part three: A game of chess. Doppelganger -- Gravesend -- The alchemist -- The delegation -- The effusion of Christian blood -- White flag -- "The town of Manhatans" -- Part four: The invention. Remaining English -- Merger -- Going Dutch -- The mystery.