The Original Knickerbocker: The Life of Washington Irving Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Original Knickerbocker: The Life of Washington Irving Book

Washington Irving--author, ambassador, Manhattanite, and international celebrity--has largely slipped from America's memory, and yet, his creations are still very well known. With a historian's eye for scope and significance, Andrew Burstein returns Irving to the context of his native nineteenth century where he was a major celebrity--both a colorful comic genius and the first name in our national literature. Though he gave his young nation such enduring tales as "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," he was far more than one of our nation's most outsized literary talents. Irving was an American original and a citizen of the world. Two hundred years after Washington Irving became a household name in America, it is time to rediscover him.Read More

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  • 0465008542
  • 9780465008544
  • Andrew Burstein
  • 5 February 2008
  • Basic Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 432
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