02116nam 2200409Ia 450 99624809550331620230721015717.00-7867-2222-3(CKB)2660000000000291(EBL)903042(OCoLC)792688545(MiAaPQ)EBC903042(EXLCZ)99266000000000029120120607d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||The original Knickerbocker[electronic resource] the life of Washington Irving /Andrew BursteinNew York Basic Books20081 online resource (433 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-465-00854-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 1832CHAPTER 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; IndexTwo hundred years after Washington Irving became a household name in America, it is time to rediscover himAuthors, American19th centuryBiographyAuthors, American818.209818/.209Burstein Andrew600735MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996248095503316The original Knickerbocker2376225UNISA