The Island At The Centre Of The World. The Untold Story Of Dutch Manhattan And The Founding Of New York

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Black Swan
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: Reprint

Description: 506 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: It was situated on a perfect natural harbour at the mouth of a great river leading into a huge new land. Manhattan Island was to grow into the most powerful city in the most powerful country in the world. THE ISLAND AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD returns to the origins of New Yorks extraordinary history. It tells how a wilderness populated only by wolves and native tribes became the melting pot from which developed the free-trade, multi-cultural and upwardly-mobile spirit of New York that in turn would shape the whole American nation.

ISBN: 9780552999823