Russell Shorto
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Russell Shorto, author of the best selling book, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan, the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America, shared insights he learned from researching a vast, newly-translated 12,000-page 17th century Dutch archive. One of his compelling findings — that modern American culture is more firmly rooted in Dutch New Amsterdam than it is in the Plymouth Colony of New England – was a highlight of his presentation.
