Taking Manhattan : the extraordinary events that created New York and shaped America / Russell Shorto.
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. |
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- 5 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
Holds
- 6 current holds with 21 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Mars Hill Library | 974.7 SHO (Text) | 30229101385010 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/16/2025 |
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