father of American Literature" Irving's Classic Works: a Foreign History of New York (set of 7 Volumes in Total)
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"Knickerbocker's History of New York" is the book by Washington Irving, an American writer who was born in New York City on April 3, 1783. It was published in December, 1809, with which Washington living, at the age of twenty-six, first won wide credit and influence. Erbocker'sHistoryofNewYorkisasatireonself-importantlocalhistoryandcontemporarypolitics. Priortoitspublication, Irvingstartedahoaxakintotoday'sviralmarketingcampaigns; heplacedaseriesofmissingpersonadvertsinNewYorknewspapersseekin ginformationonDiedrichKnickerbocker, acrustyDutchhistorianwhohadallegedlygonemissingfromhishotelinNewYorkCity. Today, authorWashingtonIrvingisbestrememberedfortheiconictales" TheLegendofSleepyHollow" and" RipVanWinkle .&Quot; However, Irving also produces a number of well-regarded works of history and biography.
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