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  • Manhattan in Maps 1527-2014

    Collections series New York City
    More than 400 years of history unfold in the pages of this lavishly illustrated volume, which presents sixty-five full-color maps of America's oldest major city. This is Manhattan's first atlas of historical maps, gathered from private collections and libraries throughout the world. From Giovanni da Verrazzano's first glimpse of New York Harbor in the sixteenth century to a modern aerial survey of ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

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  • The Island at the Center of the World

    par Russell Shorto ...
    **In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch colony which pre-dated the Pilgrims and established ideals of tolerance and individual rights that shaped American history.UPDATED EDITION WITH A NEW PREFACE AND POSTSCRIPT"Astonishing . . . A book that will permanently alter the way we regard our collective past." --The New York Times**When the ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

  • Taking Manhattan

    The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America

    par Russell Shorto ...
    **Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly“Earnest, humorous, intellectual, intense and high-minded.” —Rebecca Fraser, Times Literary SupplementThe author of The Island at the Center of the World offers up a thrilling narrative of how New York—that brash, bold, archetypal city—came to be.**In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of ... En savoir plus

    $22.09 CAD

  • Finding Florida

    The True History of the Sunshine State

    par T. D. Allman ...
    A National Book Award Nominee and a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year.Over the centuries, Florida has been many things: an unconquered realm protected by geography, a wilderness that ruined Spanish conquistadors, “God’s waiting room,” and a place to start over. Depopulated after the extermination of its original native population, today it’s home to nineteen million. The site of ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Inside the Apple

    A Streetwise History of New York City

    How much do you actually know about New York City? Did you know they tried to anchor Zeppelins at the top of the Empire State Building? Or that the high-rent district of Park Avenue was once so dangerous it was called “Death Avenue”? This lively and comprehensive guidebook brings New York’s fascinating past to vivid life.This narrative history of New York City is the first to offer practical ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

  • Brooklyn

    The Once and Future City

    An unprecedented history of Brooklyn, told through its places, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early seventeenth century to todayAmerica's most storied urban underdog, Brooklyn has become an internationally recognized brand in recent decades—celebrated and scorned as one of the hippest destinations in the world. In Brooklyn: The Once and Future City, Thomas J. Campanella unearths ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • Salem's Witch House

    A Touchstone to Antiquity

    par John Goff ...
    A close-up look at this historic Massachusetts landmark, including photos and illustrations.Though Salem is located on Massachusetts's scenic North Shore, its history has not always been picturesque. The "Witch City," as it is internationally known, is home to numerous landmarks dedicated to the notorious trials of 1692.Of these, the Witch House is perhaps most significant—the former residence of ... En savoir plus

    $15.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Measure of Manhattan

    The Tumultuous Career and Surprising Legacy of John Randel, Jr., Cartographer, Surveyor, Inventor

    "Randel is endlessly fascinating, and Holloway’s biography tells his life with great skill." —Steve Weinberg, USA TodayJohn Randel Jr. (1787–1865) was an eccentric and flamboyant surveyor. Renowned for his inventiveness as well as for his bombast and irascibility, Randel was central to Manhattan’s development but died in financial ruin. Telling Randel’s engrossing and dramatic life story for the ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • My American Revolution

    A Modern Expedition Through History's Forgotten Battlegrounds

    par Robert Sullivan ...
    Americans tend to think of the Revolution as a Massachusetts-based event orchestrated by Virginians, but in fact the war took place mostly in the Middle Colonies—in New York and New Jersey and the parts of Pennsylvania that on a clear day you can almost see from the Empire State Building. In My American Revolution, Robert Sullivan delves into this first Middle America, digging for a glorious, ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD

  • Gowanus

    Brooklyn’s Curious Canal

    par Joseph Alexiou ...
    The surprising history of the Gowanus Canal and its role in the building of BrooklynFor more than 150 years, Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal has been called a cesspool, an industrial dumping ground, and a blemish on the face of the populous borough—as well as one of the most important waterways in the history of New York harbor. Yet its true origins, man-made character, and importance to the city have ... En savoir plus

    $19.79 CAD

  • Tom Paine's Iron Bridge

    Building a United States

    par Edward G. Gray ...
    The little-known story of the architectural project that lay at the heart of Tom Paine’s political blueprint for the United States.In a letter to his wife Abigail, John Adams judged the author of Common Sense as having “a better hand at pulling down than building.” Adams’s dismissive remark has helped shape the prevailing view of Tom Paine ever since. But, as Edward G. Gray shows in this fresh, ... En savoir plus

    $26.99 CAD

  • The Hudson: A History

    par Tom Lewis ...
    The Hudson River has always played a vital role in American culture. Flowing through a valley of sublime scenery, the great river uniquely connects America’s past with its present and future. This book traces the course of the river through four centuries, recounting the stories of explorers and traders, artists and writers, entrepreneurs and industrialists, ecologists and preservationists-those ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD