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A Journey Through History discussion group Feb 13
By Alicia Waters | January 12, 2015
On Friday, February 13, 2015 at 9:00 pm the A Journey Through History discussion group will be talking about The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America by Russell Shorto. Talking Books Plus members may download or reserve a copy to be mailed to them. Visit the Book Nook Room to participate in the discussion. Talking Books Plus members who are not already BARD members may sign up for download service at BARD.
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Below is a description of the book taken from the RI Talking Books Plus Catalog- Portrait of the “first New Yorkers”–the earliest European inhabitants of Manhattan predating the thirteen “original” English colonies. From archival documents including letters, deeds, journals, and court proceedings, the author reconstructs the multiethnic Dutch settlement and clash of two seventeenth-century powers that ended in 1664 when England took over Manhattan. 2004.
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