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Russell Anthony Shorto (born February 8, 1959) is an American author, historian, and journalist. He is is best known for his book on the Dutch origins of New York City, The Island at the Center of the World .
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America is a 2005 non-fiction book by American journalist Russell Shorto that examines Manhattan under Dutch colonial rule, when the territory was called New Netherland.
The author of the book is Russell Shorto, an American historian, journalist, and writer. [1] [2] [3] Born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he was also raised, [3] Shorto studied philosophy and journalism at George Washington University. [4]
Because of the number of their descendants, author Russell Shorto has called Joris Jansen and his wife Catalina "the Adam and Eve" of New Netherland as the number of their descendants has been estimated at about a million. Brooklyn's Rapelye Street is named for the family.
A wail of lament that echoed throughout Donald Trump’s presidency was that he ran the country like a mob boss. It wasn’t just his having mentored with Roy Cohn, the infamous Mafia lawyer, or ...
Smalltime, a 2021 memoir by Russell Shorto This page was last edited on 16 May 2024, at 00:16 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
As bird flu cases continue to rise in the U.S., heavily impacting egg-laying flocks, so have the prices on cartons of fresh eggs due to dwindling supply. Egg prices are through the roof, and the U ...
Author Salman Rushdie looks on as he receives the Peace Prize of the German book trade (Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels) during a ceremony at the Church of St. Paul in Frankfurt, Germany ...