Title: When they say "epic story", they aren't kidding!
Review: This book is absolutely wonderful. It is actual history of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan, supported by myriads of original documents in old Dutch. These documents were only recently discovered in Albany and their translation is an ongoing project. These documents "document' not only the doings of the movers and shakers (Peter Stuyvesant, Peter Minuit, Henry Hudson and many more) but of the regular citizens of Manhattan.And Russell Shorto can write! It is fascinating, a real page-turner. I have given this book as a gift to 5 people since I bought it In June, and they are all lyrical about it. (And I heard about it from a Dutch-American couple while they and I were waiting for family to arrive at Logan Airport in Boston.) It is the kind of book that you want to tell other people about.
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