Life in New Amsterdam
By: Laura Fischer.
Series: Picture the past
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile literature.; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- To 1775 -- Juvenile literature.; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: An overview of life from 1624 to 1664 in New Amsterdam, a Dutch colony which was the first settlement along the Hudson River Valley in New York state and which grew to be New York City.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: New colonies; title: Making the trip; title: Creating a town; title: New neighbors; title: Protecting the town; title: Houses; title: Inside a home; title: Farms; title: Daily life; title: School; title: Clothing and shoes; title: What colonists ate; title: Cooking food; title: Becoming New York; title: Glossary.