The Jews of New Amsterdam
By: written and illustrated by Eva Deutsch Costabel.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atheneum
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 17th century -- Juvenile literature.; Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 17th century.; New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations -- Juvenile literature.; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile literature.; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Description: Traces the events leading to the arrival of the first group of Jews in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam in 1654 and describes how they adapted and eventually prospered under Dutch, and later British, rule.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 31.
Includes index.