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The Island at the Centre of the World: The Untold Story of Dutch Manhattan And the Founding of New York
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Transworld Pub
Publication date
March 1, 2005
Pages
329
Binding
Paperback
Edition
New
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780552999823
ISBN-10
0552999822
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Great Britain
Original list price
$16.05
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Summary
Through the story of the bitter struggle between two men, Peter Stuyvesant and Adriaen Van den Donck, is told the vivid history of the wilderness island that became the most powerful city in the most powerful country in the world: Manhattan.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: It was situated on a perfect natural harbour at the mouth of a great river leading into a huge new land. Manhattan Island was to grow into the most powerful city in the most powerful country in the world. THE ISLAND AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD returns to the origins of New York's extraordinary history. It tells how a wilderness populated only by wolves and native tribes became the melting pot from which developed the free-trade, multi-cultural and upwardly-mobile spirit of New York that in turn would shape the whole American nation.
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New edition from Transworld Pub (March 1, 2005)
9780552999823 | details & prices | 329 pages | List price $16.05
About: Through the story of the bitter struggle between two men, Peter Stuyvesant and Adriaen Van den Donck, is told the vivid history of the wilderness island that became the most powerful city in the most powerful country in the world: Manhattan.
About: Through the story of the bitter struggle between two men, Peter Stuyvesant and Adriaen Van den Donck, is told the vivid history of the wilderness island that became the most powerful city in the most powerful country in the world: Manhattan.
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