Author:
Burstein, Andrew.
Imprint:New York : Basic Books, 2006.
Physical Description420 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note: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, 1846-185900 -- The future of Rip Van Winkle.
