Mannahatta

Filled with breathtaking illustrations that show what Manhattan looked like 400 years ago, Mannahatta is a groundbreaking work that gives readers not only a window into the past, but inspiration for green cities and wild places of the future.

The elk in Times Square (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

"I couldn't live here and in Mannahatta too, Winnie."

The Hills of the Shatemuc 1856

But Governor, you don't mean always to live in Mannahatta, do you?

The Hills of the Shatemuc 1856

I used to know him long ago in Mannahatta when I lived at Pillicoddy; and we have been in the Legislature together, time and again.

The Hills of the Shatemuc 1856

"I should feel so much better if you knew somebody in Mannahatta," she said presently.

The Hills of the Shatemuc 1856

"Why, I thought you were in Mannahatta, Miss Elizabeth."

The Hills of the Shatemuc 1856

One summer's afternoon, – this was the first summer of Winthrop's being in Mannahatta, – he went to solace himself with a walk out of town.

The Hills of the Shatemuc 1856

"And Mannahatta is hot and dusty and disagreeable – more than any place you ever were in before in your life, isn't it?"

The Hills of the Shatemuc 1856

"It seems so funny, to think of your ever having a house in Mannahatta!"

The Hills of the Shatemuc 1856

– ain't he about as smart as any one they've got in Mannahatta?

The Hills of the Shatemuc 1856