The Horn Book Guide

HISTORY

Thermes, Jennifer

Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island

64 pp. | Abrams | August, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4197-3655-1 $19.99

(2) 4-6 In an oversized book, Thermes cartographically tells the story of what its Indigenous inhabitants, the Lenape, called Mannahatta. From Henry Hudson's 1609 voyage to the completion of One World Trade Center more than four centuries later, the history in the book is as much an abundance as its pictures: maps, vignettes, and full-page pictures of the changing city and its inhabitants, all confidently rendered in warm, precise watercolor-and-ink illustrations. Reading list, timeline.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2019