Newcomers : the story of Anthony and Grietje and the founding of New York /

A man thought to be a Muslim from Morocco and a German barmaid fleeing poverty are hardly the images we have of America's august founders. In Newcomers, Alan Mikhail upends the traditional story of America's origins through the revelatory tale of a seventeenth-century immigrant couple by t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mikhail, Alan, 1979- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2026]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Jansen van Salee, Anthony. Reyniers, Gretje. Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > Biography. Marginality, Social > New York (State) > New York > History > 17th century. New York (N.Y.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. New York (State) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. New York (State) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Biography. United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Biography. New York (État) > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) États-Unis > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) New York (État) > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) > Biographies. États-Unis > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) > Biographies. Marginalité > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 17e siècle. New York (N.Y.) > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) Biographies.

Table of Contents:

Prologue
Moored and unmoored
Grietje endures
Dock love
Lenapehoking
Number 22
Try her
Anthony against Anthony
Schism
Empire State
God and Mammon
Remains
Aftermath
The Anthony in all of us.