Peter Stuyvesant of Old New York (1954)

by Anna Crouse, Russel Crouse

Other authors: Jo Spier (Illustrator)

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This biography of Stuyvesant points up the man, his times and the issues that beset him and his country... While it tells of Stuyvesant's boyhood, it gives only the essentials and stresses the political factors that were to have bearing on his life. Kirkus.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Anna Crouse	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Crouse, Russel	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Spier, Jo	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Peter Stuyvesant of Old New York

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1954

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This biography of Stuyvesant points up the man, his times and the issues that beset him and his country... While it tells of Stuyvesant's boyhood, it gives only the essentials and stresses the political factors that were to have bearing on his life. Kirkus.

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A biography of the Dutchman who arrived to be governor of New Amsterdam in 1647.

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