| Description |
xiv, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue: The Missing Floor -- Pt. I. "A Certain Island Named Manathans" -- 1. The Measure of Things -- 2. The Pollinator -- 3. The Island -- 4. The King, the Surgeon, the Turk, and the Whore -- Pt. II. Clash of Wills -- 5. The Lawman -- 6. The Council of Blood -- 7. The Cause -- 8. The One-Legged Man -- 9. The General and the Princess -- 10. The People's Champion -- 11. An American in Europe -- 12. A Dangerous Man -- Pt. III. The Inheritance -- 13. Booming -- 14. New York -- 15. Inherited Features -- Epilogue: The Paper Trail |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography, pages 352-372 |
| Subject |
Donck, Adriaen van der, 1620-1655.
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Minuit, Peter, 1580-1638.
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Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672.
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Dutch Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 17th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80118393 -- History -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006123
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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108454
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New York (N.Y.) -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091418 -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091431
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2003055227 |
| ISBN |
0385503490 |
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