The Island at the Centre of the World: The Untold Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Founding of New York

Russell Shorto

Black Swan, 2005 - History - 506 pages

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. 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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Island at the Centre of the World: The Untold Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Founding of New York
• Author: Russell Shorto
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Black Swan, 2005
• ISBN: 0552999822, 9780552999823
• Length: 506 pages
• Subjects: History / General; History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA); Political Science / American Government / Local