New Amsterdam; old Holland in the New World
By: by Caroline D. Emerson. Illustrated by Harvey Kidder.
Contributors: Kidder, Harvey, illus.
Series: How they lived
Publisher: Garrard Pub. Co.
Published: 1967
Place of publication: Champaign, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Dutch Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Juvenile literature; Dutch -- New York (State) -- New York; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- 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: A portrait of the prosperous Dutch settlement established by the Dutch West Indies Company on the southern end of Manhattan Island, describing family life, customs, industry and trade, and dangers and hardships.