Dagomar Degroot reveals how the Dutch Republic thrived during the Little Ice Age, turning climate challenges into opportunities in trade, warfare, and culture—offering timely insights for today’s climate crisis.
Nina Foch (1924–2008), born in Leiden, Netherlands, was a Dutch-American actress nominated for an Academy Award for An American in Paris. After a prolific film career in the 1940s–50s, she became a respected acting and directing instructor at USC and the American Film Institute.
When Europeans first arrived in North America, they faced a cold new world. The average global temperature had dropped to lows unseen in millennia
General James A. Van Fleet (1892–1992) was a U.S. Army officer who served in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. A West Point graduate and classmate of Eisenhower, he later commanded the Eighth Army and U.N. forces in Korea.
Snowshoe Country is an environmental and cultural history of winter in the colonial Northeast, closely examining indigenous and settler knowledge of snow, ice, and life in the cold.
Lucas Conrad Elmendorf (1758–1843) of Kingston, New York, was a lawyer and Princeton graduate who served three terms in the U.S. Congress (1797–1803). He later held offices in the New York Assembly, Senate, and Ulster County courts.
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.
Vernon Ehlers, a physicist and educator, served Michigan’s Third Congressional District in the U.S. House from 1993. Formerly a professor at Calvin College and UC Berkeley, he succeeded President Gerald R. Ford’s Grand Rapids seat.
"For anyone seeking to answer the question, 'What was New Netherland?' this little volume is a handy, richly packed resource. It gives you the background, the actors, the action, and the legacy. In clear prose, it covers a lot of history in a few pages."
William B. Eerdmans, a Dutch immigrant arriving in 1902, founded the William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company in Grand Rapids. Beginning as a theological bookseller, he built a leading Calvinist publishing house known for influential biblical scholarship.
