Peter of New Amsterdam: A Story of Old New York

Twelve-year-old Peter Hulbert is left an orphan in Leyden, Holland as the rest of the Pilgrim's sail for the New World. A merchant of the West India Company takes him to New Amsterdam as his servant. Here Peter's adventures begin in this historically accurate tale of life in Old New York. Also in the Colonial America Series by James Otis Richard of Jamestown Mary of Plymouth Ruth of Boston Steven of Philadelphia Calvert of Maryland