Russell Shorto, Historian and Author, receives the Holland Dames’ Stuyvesant Pear Award from Directress General Suzanne Roff. Mr. Shorto presents a lively, informative, and inspiring talk on his recent research ideas as he works on his next book, as well as his insights into the influence of the early Dutch in America, relevant today. Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the World, changed the way we understand New Netherland’s impact on American history.
