Project Gutenberg 2013-03-13 Public domain in the USA. 68 Otis, James 1848 1912 Kaler, James Otis Orton, James K. Peter of New Amsterdam: A Story of Old New York Reading ease score: 51.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by David Edwards, David K. Park and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Peter of New Amsterdam: A Story of Old New York" by James Otis is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The book explores the life of Peter Hulbert, a young English boy who finds himself in the midst of the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam during the early 17th century. Through Peter's eyes, readers are introduced to the challenges and adventures faced by the early colonists as they navigate their new world, emphasizing the realities of daily life and interactions with both the indigenous people and fellow settlers. At the start of the narrative, we meet Peter, an orphan living in Leyden, Holland, who is approached by the Director of New Netherland, Peter Minuit, with an offer to accompany him to America as a servant. Peter reflects on his difficult upbringing, having lost his family due to religious persecution, and contemplates the long voyage ahead. With hopes of a better life and driven by curiosity, he accepts the offer and boards the Sea Mew, embarking on a new chapter that will lead him to the island of Manhattan and the turbulent beginnings of a thriving settlement. This opening section sets the stage for a tale that combines historical events with the personal growth of a young boy in a formative era of American history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 231943 231872 2024-11-17T16:24:01.177507 2023-09-18T11:06:14.881558 text/html text/html 230491 2013-03-13T14:57:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 7852637 2013-03-13T14:58:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 8151836 2024-11-17T16:24:10.745490 application/epub+zip 8152742 2024-11-17T16:24:05.351510 application/epub+zip 148490 2024-11-17T16:24:03.540483 application/epub+zip 8361206 2024-11-17T16:24:14.990395 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8298381 2024-11-17T16:24:09.463423 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 250944 2022-09-19T10:41:29.904367 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 188040 187835 2024-10-17T17:23:05.125335 2023-09-18T11:06:13.911586 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 187784 2013-03-13T14:57:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 67021 2013-03-13T14:58:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 187782 2013-03-13T14:57:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 66999 2013-03-13T14:58:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21783 2024-11-17T16:24:15.132426 application/rdf+xml 17352 2024-11-17T16:24:04.113449 image/jpeg 3840 2024-11-17T16:24:03.817462 image/jpeg 7951159 2024-11-17T16:24:01.405518 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Prentice, Harry en.wikipedia