| Description |
xx, 560 pages, [13] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 532-542. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The best buy -- Settling down -- Never so good -- First rights -- A pilgrimage -- Drunken fools -- Crowding on -- A new threat -- Doubtful neighbors -- The Dutch Babel -- A very mean fellow -- The English savior -- The Israelites -- Another father -- A bad start -- New brooms -- The freedom fighters -- The Duke of Muscovy -- Trouble in the north -- Losing ground -- Total war -- Turncoats -- Danger from abroad -- Exit Nueva Suecia -- The Peach War -- Pastoral problems -- Heretic confusion -- The failure of Amsterdam -- Clash with Boston -- The Esopus War -- Here to stay -- A brave place -- Law and disorder -- Homage in verse -- Reconnaissance -- Annexation on paper -- Twice tricked -- War at Wiltwyck -- Desperate diplomacy -- President Scott -- Mad for war -- The Duke's invasion -- The fall of the city -- The birth of New York -- Return of a patriot. |
| Subject |
New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
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Dutch Americans -- New York (State) -- History.
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| Added Author |
Van der Zee, Barbara, author.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Van der Zee, Henri A. (Henri Antony), 1934- Sweet and alien land. New York : Viking Press, 1978 (OCoLC)568385673 |
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Online version: Van der Zee, Henri A. (Henri Antony), 1934- Sweet and alien land. New York : Viking Press, 1978 (OCoLC)608164561 |
| ISBN |
067068628X |
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9780670686285 |
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