A Knickerbocker's History of New York
Washington Irving
- From
- the
- literary
- satirist
- and
- author
- of
- Rip
- Van
- Winkle
- and
- The
- Legend
- of
- Sleepy
- Hollow,
- an
- entertaining,
- fantastical
- account
- of
- the
- origins
- of
- New
- York.One
- of
- the
- first
- important
- works
- of
- American
- comic
- literature,
- this
- satirical
- history
- of
- New
- York
- was
- initially
- published
- to
- popular
- acclaim
- in
- 1809.
- Spanning
- the
- creation
- of
- the
- world
- to
- the
- end
- of
- the
- “Dutch
- Dynasty,”
- this
- humorous
- history
- examines
- the
- discovery
- of
- New
- York,
- the
- first
- settlements
- of
- the
- Dutch,
- the
- reign
- of
- Peter
- Stuyvesant,
- and
- the
- gallant
- achievements
- of
- Peter
- the
- Headstrong,
- among
- many
- other
- real
- and
- imagined
- moments
- in
- the
- history
- of
- this
- essential
- American
- city.This
- book—Washington
- Irving’s
- first—provides
- an
- acute
- examination
- of
- New
- York’s
- customs,
- policies,
- and
- politics
- and
- is
- every
- bit
- as
- salient,
- biting,
- and
- laughable
- as
- it
- was
- to
- its
- original
- early-nineteenth-century audience.
