Russell Shorto

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Russell Shorto is the author of a book on the Dutch origins of New York City: The Island at the Center of the World. He often writes for The New York Times Magazine and GQ. He also wrote Gospel Truth and Saints and Madmen. The research for his book about New Amsterdam took him three years.

[edit] Bibliography

• Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World, The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America ISBN 0-385-50349-0 (New York, Doubleday, 2004).
• Russell Shorto, Saints and Madmen, How Pioneering Psychiatrists Are Creating a New Science of the Soul ISBN 0-8050-5902-4 (New York, Henry Holt & Company, 1999).
• Russell Shorto, Gospel Truth, The New Image of Jesus Emerging from Science and History, and Why It Matters ISBN 1-57322-056-6 (New York, Riverhead Books, 1997).

[edit] External links

• Russell Shorto's Home Page
• Dutch Pronunciation guide to Island at the Center of the World