Episode 1035
'Taking Manhattan' Traces the Transfer of the City from the Dutch to the English
Russell Shorto shares his insights from Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America.
March 4, 202534m 59s
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Show Notes
The latest book from Russell Shorto explores the historical conflict between the Dutch and the English over the island of Manhattan, as well as the story of the indigenous people who had long occupied the land as it was being contested by the two European nations. Shorto shares his insights from Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America.
Topics
historianlenapeindigenousauthormanhattanjournalistcolonialismnychistoryrussell_shortodutchnew_york_city