The Island at the Centre of the World

Autoren

Russell Shorto

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Seitenzahl: 329 Seiten
Lesezeit: 12 Stunden

Belletristik
Geschichte
Historische Romane
Sachliteratur
Wirtschaft

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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. 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.