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Manhattan. Mapping the Story of an Island

By: Jennifer Thermes, 

Age: 6+

ISBN: 9781419736551

From before its earliest settlement to the vibrant metropolis that exists today, the island of Manhattan has always been a place of struggle, growth, and radical transformation. Humans, history, and natural events have shaped this tiny sliver of land for more than 400 years. In Manhattan, travel back in time to discover how a small rodent began an era of rapid change for the island. Learn about immigration, the slave trade, and the people who built New York City. See how a street plan projected the city’s future, and how epic fires and storms led to major feats of engineering above and below ground.

Keywords: 
1500-present,  African American,  beavers,  bridges,  broken treaties,  Central Park,  change,  civil war,  climate change,  Dutch,  Dutch West India Company,  end of slavery,  English,  Erie Canal,  First Nations,  flooding,  forced off land,  fur trade,  gape between rich and poor,  geography,  Hangman's Elm tree,  history,  Hudson River,  Hurricane Sandy,  immigrants,  immigration,  Indigenous,  industrialization,  inequality,  island,  Lenape,  Manhattan,  massacres,  New York,  pollution,  Seneca Village,  sky skrapers,  slavery,  social science,  stolen land,  subway,  the Great Fire of 1835S,  USA,  water, 

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