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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 .
Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob is a 2021 memoir by Russell Shorto that examines his family's involvement in organized crime.The book centers on Shorto's grandfather, Russ, son of an Italian immigrant to the United States who once served as second in command for the mob in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
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 form is also frequently used for fiction about adult women's lives, [5] some notable examples being Bridget Jones's Diary, The Color Purple, and Pamela. The second category lists fictional works that are not written in diary form, but in which a character keeps a diary, or a diary is otherwise featured as part of the story.
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This is a list of notable works of dystopian literature. A dystopia is an unpleasant (typically repressive) society, often propagandized as being utopian. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction states that dystopian works depict a negative view of "the way the world is supposedly going in order to provide urgent propaganda for a change in direction."
Upload file; Special pages ... QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version ... Shorto as a surname could refer to: Russell Shorto (b. 1959), American ...
A related definition describes the genre as American fiction that is characterized, among other things, by a fascination with consumption venues and brand names. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] John Gardner , in critical works such as On Moral Fiction , criticized this style using the term "brand-name fiction writers" while Tom Wolfe had similar criticisms as well.