A History of New York

In 1809, New Yorkers were buzzing about a series of classified ads concerning the whereabouts of Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker. They were unaware that Washington Irving had invented the man entirely and placed the ads himself. Knickerbocker's purported manuscript, A History of New York, was Irving's own. Told from Knickerbocker's point of view, A History of New York is a chronicle of New York's fifty years under Dutch rule in the 1600s that plays fast and loose with the facts, to uproarious effect. The book propelled Irving to the heights of literary stardom.

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Author: Washington Irving
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 12/30/2008
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.10w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780143105619

About the Author
Washington Irving, one of the first American authors to earn his living from writing, was born in 1783 and died in 1859.