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Russell Shorto

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Johnstown, Pennsylvania, The United States

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http://www.russellshorto.com/

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Nonfiction, History

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Russell Shorto is the author, most recently, of Revolution Song, a new narrative of the American Revolution, which the New York Times called a "remarkable" achievement and the Chicago Tribune described as "an engaging piece of historical detective work and narrative craft." He is also the author of The Island at the Center of the World, a national bestseller about the Dutch founding of New York. Shorto is senior scholar at the New Netherland Institute and was formerly the director of the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam. ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 23,540 ratings · 2,892 reviews · 41 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America 4.17 avg rating — 11,461 ratings — published 2004 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City 4.11 avg rating — 5,818 ratings — published 2013 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason 3.74 avg rating — 2,005 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob 3.83 avg rating — 1,667 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America 4.12 avg rating — 1,104 ratings — published 2025 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revolution Song: The Story of America's Founding in Six Remarkable Lives 4.36 avg rating — 946 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gospel Truth 3.91 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 1997 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saints and Madmen: How Pioneering Psychiatrists Are Creating a New Science of the Soul 3.76 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinderella: The Untold Story by Russell Shorto (Goodreads Author), T. Lewis (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tecumseh and the Dream of an American Indian Nation by Russell Shorto (Goodreads Author), Tim Sisco (Illustrator) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We are graced with a godlike ability to transcend time and space in our minds but are chained to death.”
― Russell Shorto, Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason

tags: death, godlike, minds, transcend

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“Opinions differ on the question of whether a golden age is something you can experience while it's happening or whether it only comes into focus on reflection...no matter how grand and prosperous and momentous the time in which you are living may be, its grandeur is inevitably stained by the incessant drabness of the present.”
― Russell Shorto, Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City

tags: amsterdam, dutch-history, holland, netherlands

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“For liberalism is a delicate thing. It encompasses so much -- constitutional government, democratic elections, freedom of worship, civil rights, free trade -- that we think of it as timeless and universal. But liberalism came into being in a real place and time, like a flame it has wavered in various eras, and it can be snuffed out.”
― Russell Shorto, Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City

tags: dutch, dutch-history, liberalism

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