The original knickerbocker : the life of Washington Irving / Andrew Burstein.
- Burstein, Andrew
- Date:
- [2007], ©2007
- Books
- Online
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About this work
Also known as
Life of Washington Irving
Publication/Creation
New York : Basic Books, [2007], ©2007.
Physical description
x, 420 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Series
Contents
Manhattanite -- New York's lost past, 1783-1803 -- Early travels, 1803-1806 -- Whim-whams and a treason trial, 1806-1807 -- Meet Diedrich Knickerbocker, 1808-1809 -- Irving goes to war, sort of, 1810-1815 -- Years abroad -- Rip Van Winkle awakes, 1815-1819 -- The Sketch book wins friends, 1819-1820 -- Romantic Europe, 1820-1824 -- Columbus's biographer, 1824-1828 -- The Alhambra's writer in residence, 1828-1832 -- Repatriation -- Knickerbocker New York, 1832 -- A tour on the prairies, 1832-1834 -- Sunnyside, 1835-1845 -- In the shadow of George Washington, 1846-1859 -- The future of Rip Van Winkle.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-407) and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2009. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.