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Island at the Center of the World: by Russell Shorto

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Dear Mr. Shorto: Trademark your name; I will drink any chocolate milk called Shorto. As for your enlightening, lugubrious history of New Amsterdam—Manhattan–I was disturbed for the following reasons: It gave me a creepy case of the academics. I did … Continue reading

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