![]() ![]() 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 Iroquoian Mohawk who lived farther up the Hudson Valley and primarily along the Mohawk Valley. In New York, these families represent the successive waves of immigrants who have made the city multicultural. ![]() Rutherford builds his novel on the histories of fictional families who live there. 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. The United States edition is published by Doubleday under the title New York: The Novel. New York: a Novel (2009) is an historical novel by British novelist Edward Rutherfurd. Edward Rutherfurd talks about New York novel on Bookbits radio. ![]()
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