1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000742510403321

Autore

Pierce, Rowland

Titolo

Planning the architect's handbook / Rowland Pierce, Patrick Cutbusch, Antony Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Iliffe Books LTD, 1959

Descrizione fisica

534 p. ; 29 cm

Locazione

FARBC

Collocazione

TECN C 27

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996248095503316

Autore

Burstein Andrew

Titolo

The original Knickerbocker [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Washington Irving / / Andrew Burstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Basic Books, 2008

ISBN

0-7867-2222-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Disciplina

818.209

818/.209

Soggetti

Authors, American - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Praise for The Original Knickerbocker; Contents; MANHATTANITE; CHAPTER 1} New York's Lost Past 1783-1803; CHAPTER 2} Early Travels 1803-1806; CHAPTER 3} Whim-Whams and a Treason Trial 1806-1807; CHAPTER 4} Meet Diedrich Knickerbocker 1808-1809; CHAPTER 5} Irving Goes to War, Sort Of 1810-1815; YEARS ABROAD; CHAPTER 6}



Rip Van Winkle Awakes 1815-1819; CHAPTER 7} The Sketch Book Wins Friends 1819-1820; CHAPTER 8} Romantic Europe 1820-1824; CHAPTER 9} Columbus's Biographer 1824-1828; CHAPTER 10} The Alhambra's Writer in Residence 1828-1832; REPATRIATION; CHAPTER 11} Knickerbocker New York 1832

CHAPTER 12} A Tour on the Prairies 1832-1834CHAPTER 13} Sunnyside 1835-1845; CHAPTER 14} In the Shadow of George Washington 1846-1859; CHAPTER 15} The Future of Rip Van Winkle; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Two hundred years after Washington Irving became a household name in America, it is time to rediscover him