Russell Shorto on the Extraordinary Birth of New York City
About This Event
Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America tells the riveting story of the birth of New York City as a center of capitalism and pluralism, a foundation from which America would rise. It also shows how the paradox of New York’s origins—boundless opportunity coupled with subjugation and displacement—reflects America’s promise and failure to this day. Author and historian Russell Shorto, whose work has been described as “astonishing” (New York Times) and “literary alchemy” (Chicago Tribune), has once again mined archival sources to offer a vibrant tale and a fresh and trenchant argument about American beginnings.
Join us on Tuesday, June 10, for an evening with Russell Shorto as he discusses this enthralling story of the roots of America’s national divide.
