by Russell Shorto

The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan & the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America

Russell Shorto’s bestselling history packs a wallop of a story, moving from the halls of power in London and The Hague to bloody naval encounters on the high seas to the uncharted wilderness Manhattan once was. You’ll meet philosophers and kings, smugglers and fallen women, merchants and surgeons, along with a pegleg general locked in a bitter struggle with a forgotten American hero.

Available from the New Netherland Institute for $16. To order email   nni@newnetherlandinstitute.org