Russell Shorto

Russell Shorto's books

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 — 11,142 ratings

Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City

4.11 avg rating — 5,627 ratings

Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason

3.74 avg rating — 1,986 ratings

Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob

3.83 avg rating — 1,630 ratings

Revolution Song: The Story of America's Founding in Six Remarkable Lives

4.36 avg rating — 914 ratings

Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America

4.14 avg rating — 634 ratings

Gospel Truth

3.91 avg rating — 245 ratings

Saints and Madmen: How Pioneering Psychiatrists Are Creating a New Science of the Soul

3.76 avg rating — 76 ratings

Cinderella: The Untold Story

3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings

Tecumseh and the Dream of an American Indian Nation

4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings