Caroline Dwight Emerson

A portrait of the prosperous Dutch settlement established by the Dutch West Indies Company on the southern end of Manhattan Island, describing family life, customs, industry and trade, and dangers and hardships.

Imagine suddenly finding yourself living three hundred years ago! Sarah and John take a subway ride one day -- and magically find themselves back in 1664, when New York was New Amersterdam. How odd it is to be living in colonial times! Sarah and John are rescued by an Indian Scout. They meet Governor Peter Stuyvesant. They see the English take New Amsterdam from the Dutch. They are living in the midst of history. But all the while Sarah and John wonder -- will they ever find the magic tunnel that leads back home?

"This is delightful nonsense about two animals, Nip and Tuck, in their little house by the Bay of Fundy. They meet pirates, Evangeline a mermaid, get caught in a weir, have Easter bonnets given them, talk with sharks, and eventually find gold in a cave."--Publisher's description.