Peter Stuyvesant Of Old New York

Author : Anna Erskine Crouse
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peter Stuyvesant of Old New York written by Anna Erskine Crouse and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1954 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the Dutchman who arrived to be governor of New Amsterdam in 1647.

Author : Anna Erskine Crouse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peter Stuyvesant of Old New York written by Anna Erskine Crouse and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Quackenbush
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780136339342
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old Silver Leg Takes Over! written by Robert Quackenbush and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1986 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief biography of the Dutchman who arrived to be governor of New Amsterdam in 1647 and turned it from a muddy village into a well-organized city.

Author : Amelia E. Barr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.WE/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Maid of Old New York written by Amelia E. Barr and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anna Crouse
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780394903439
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Peter Stuyvesant of Old New York written by Anna Crouse and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1963-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of Stuyvesant points up the man, his times and the issues that beset him and his country... While it tells of Stuyvesant's boyhood, it gives only the essentials and stresses the political factors that were to have bearing on his life. Kirkus.

Author : Russell Shorto
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1400096332
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Island at the Center of the World written by Russell Shorto and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2005-04-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch colony which pre-dated the Pilgrims and established ideals of tolerance and individual rights that shaped American history. "Astonishing . . . A book that will permanently alter the way we regard our collective past." --The New York Times When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polyglot society began to disappear into myths about an island purchased for 24 dollars and a cartoonish peg-legged governor. But the story of the Dutch colony of New Netherland was merely lost, not destroyed: 12,000 pages of its records–recently declared a national treasure–are now being translated. Russell Shorto draws on this remarkable archive in The Island at the Center of the World, which has been hailed by The New York Times as “a book that will permanently alter the way we regard our collective past.” The Dutch colony pre-dated the “original” thirteen colonies, yet it seems strikingly familiar. Its capital was cosmopolitan and multi-ethnic, and its citizens valued free trade, individual rights, and religious freedom. Their champion was a progressive, young lawyer named Adriaen van der Donck, who emerges in these pages as a forgotten American patriot and whose political vision brought him into conflict with Peter Stuyvesant, the autocratic director of the Dutch colony. The struggle between these two strong-willed men laid the foundation for New York City and helped shape American culture. The Island at the Center of the World uncovers a lost world and offers a surprising new perspective on our own.

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of New-York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty ... written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330633977
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Maid of Old New York written by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Maid of Old New York: A Romance of Peter Stuyvesant's Time It was the feast of Candlemas, the second of February A. D. 1653, and the Birthday of the City of New York; a fine winter day, cold and clear with a glorious sunshine over land and sea. The frosted trees sparkled and shone above the white streets, noisy with a happy crowd of men, women and children. The men had an air of triumphant gravity, the women, dressed in their best garments, were visiting from house to house, and the youths and maidens were going with laughter and chattering to skate on the Collect Pond or the East River. For this was a day of rejoicing, and there was a release from work of every kind. It was the birthday of a new city in the world; and its citizens may have felt - though they could not see - the glory of its future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Greg Young
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1612435769
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bowery Boys written by Greg Young and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncover fascinating, little-known histories of the five boroughs in The Bowery Boys’ official companion to their popular, award-winning podcast. It was 2007. Sitting at a kitchen table and speaking into an old karaoke microphone, Greg Young and Tom Meyers recorded their first podcast. They weren’t history professors or voice actors. They were just two guys living in the Bowery and possessing an unquenchable thirst for the fascinating stories from New York City’s past. Nearly 200 episodes later, The Bowery Boys podcast is a phenomenon, thrilling audiences each month with one amazing story after the next. Now, in their first-ever book, the duo gives you an exclusive personal tour through New York’s old cobblestone streets and gas-lit back alleyways. In their uniquely approachable style, the authors bring to life everything from makeshift forts of the early Dutch years to the opulent mansions of The Gilded Age. They weave tales that will reshape your view of famous sites like Times Square, Grand Central Terminal, and the High Line. Then they go even further to reveal notorious dens of vice, scandalous Jazz Age crime scenes, and park statues with strange pasts. Praise for The Bowery Boys “Among the best city-centric series.” —New York Times “Meyers and Young have become unofficial ambassadors of New York history.” —NPR “Breezy and informative, crowded with the finest grifters, knickerbockers, spiritualists, and city builders to stalk these streets since back when New Amsterdam was just some farms.” —Village Voice “Young and Meyers have an all-consuming curiosity to work out what happened in their city in years past, including the Newsboys Strike of 1899, the history of the Staten Island Ferry, and the real-life sites on which Martin Scorsese’s Vinyl is based.” —The Guardian

Author : Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781012817411
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Maid Of Old New York written by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.