2009 novel by edward rutherfurd biography

2009 novel by Edward Rutherfurd

New York: a Novel (2009) is an historical novel by British novelist Edward Rutherfurd. The United States edition is published by Doubleday under the title New York: The Novel.

Synopsis

The novel chronicles the birth and growth of New York City, from the arrival of the first Dutch and other European colonists in the 17th century to the summer of 2009. Rutherford builds his novel on the histories of fictional families who live there.

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In New York, these families represent the successive waves of immigrants who have made the city multicultural.

The early Dutch founders of New Amsterdam are typified by the Van Dyck family, who prosper in trade with the Native Americans; both the local Algonquian tribes, especially the Lenape, and the IroquoianMohawk who lived farther up the Hudson Valley and primarily along the Mohawk Valley.

The Van Dycks soon unite with the English Thomas Master family (he also has a natural Native A