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Russell Shorto, best-selling author of The Island at the Center of the World, offers up a thrilling narrative of how the brash, bold, archetypal city of New York came to be—just in time for the 400th anniversary of its founding as Niewe Amsterdam.
Taking Manhattan tells the riveting story of the birth of New York City as a center of capitalism and pluralism, a foundation from which America would rise. It also shows how the paradox of New York’s origins—boundless opportunity coupled with subjugation and displacement—reflects America’s promise and failure to this day.
Russell Shorto’s work has been described as “astonishing” (New York Times) and “literary alchemy” (Chicago Tribune). Elm Street Books will be on site with books for purchase and signing by the author. Presented in partnership with the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society.
Photo credit: Izzy Watson
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