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Russell Shorto (born February 8, 1959) is an American author, historian and journalist, best known for his book on the Dutch origins of New York City, The Island at the Center of the World. His most recent work, published in October 2008, is Descartes' Bones, which traces the wanderings of the literal skull and bones of René Descartes through three and a half centuries, and the metaphorical remains of the French philosopher in the modern world.

Born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on February 8, 1959, Shorto is a 1981 graduate of George Washington University. He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and is the Director of The John Adams Institute in Amsterdam, where he has lived since November 2007.

On September 8, 2009 Shorto received a Dutch knighthood in the Order of Orange-Nassau for strengthening the relationship between the Netherlands and the United States through his publications and as Director of the John Adams Institute.

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Total Books: 75
Thomas Jefferson and the American Ideal
1987 - Thomas Jefferson and the American Ideal [Henry Steele Commager's Americans] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780812039184
ISBN-10: 0812039181
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Children's Books
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Abraham Lincoln To Preserve the Union
Abraham Lincoln to Preserve the Union [History of the Civil War Series] (Other)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780382099373
ISBN-10: 0382099370
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Children's Books
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