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Literary New York: Its Landmarks and Associations

by Charles Hemstreet

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateHistorical18 chapters
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About this book

Explore the origins of New York through its earliest literary figure, Jacob Steendam, a poet who brought creativity to the struggling Dutch colony of New Amsterdam as it transformed from a trading post to a budding city. Discover the stories behind its streets, buildings, and cultural beginnings.

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Contents

18 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02Full-Page Illustrations
03Illustrations in the Text
04Chapter I Writers of New Amsterdam
05Chapter II Before the Revolution
06Chapter III The Poet of the Revolution
07Chapter IV In the Days of Thomas Paine
08Chapter V The City that Irving Knew
09Chapter VI With Paulding, Drake, and Halleck
10Chapter VII Cooper and His Friends
11Chapter VIII Those Who Gathered about Poe
12Chapter IX At the Close of the Knickerbocker Days

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