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  <name><![CDATA[Russell Shorto]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Russell Shorto is the author of a book on the Dutch origins of New York City: &lt;u&gt;The Island at the Center of the World&lt;/u&gt;. His most recent work, published in October 2008, is &lt;u&gt;Descartes' Bones&lt;/u&gt;, which traces the wanderings of the literal skull and bones of René Descartes through three and a half centuries, and also traces the metaphorical remains of the French philosopher in the modern world.
A 1981 graduate of George Washington University, Shorto is also a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and is the Director of The John Adams Institute in Amsterdam.
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  <title><![CDATA[The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America]]></title>
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  <published>2004</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Descartes' Bones: a Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Gospel Truth]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Russell Shorto]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Saints and Madmen: How Pioneering Psychiatrists Are Creating a New Science of the Soul]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tecumseh and the Dream of an American Indian Nation (Alvin Josephy's Biography Series of American Indians)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Russell Shorto]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[J.R.R. Tolkien: Man of Fantasy (Classic Authors Series)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Russell Shorto]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Saints and Madmen: Psychiatry Opens Its Doors to Religion]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Jackie Robinson]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Russell Shorto]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cinderella/Cinderella: The Untold Story]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Russell Shorto]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The History of the Civil War]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Russell Shorto]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Thomas A. Durwood]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Cathy East Dubowski]]></name>
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  <published>1991</published>  
  
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