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The Knickerbocker Tradition: Washington Irving's New York
author
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Myers, Andrew B.
publisher
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Fordham University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0912882085
print isbn13
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9780912882086
ebook isbn13
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9780585125800
language
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English
subject
New York (N.Y.)--History--1775-1865--Historiography--Congresses, New York (State)--History--1775-1865--Historiography--Congresses, Irving, Washington,--1783-1859--Knowledge--New York (State)--Congresses, New York (State)--In literature--Congresses.
publication date
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1974
lcc
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F128.44.K54eb
ddc
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917.47/03/3
subject
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New York (N.Y.)--History--1775-1865--Historiography--Congresses, New York (State)--History--1775-1865--Historiography--Congresses, Irving, Washington,--1783-1859--Knowledge--New York (State)--Congresses, New York (State)--In literature--Congresses.
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The Knickerbocker Tradition: Washington Irving's New York
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"Diedrich Knickerbocker" by famed illustrator F.O.C. Darley (1822-1888), done for a special illustrated edition of Knickerbocker's History of New York after its appearance in 1848, revised, as Vol. I of the Author's Revised Edition of Irving's Works. From the Library of Sleepy Hollow Restorations.
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THE KNICKERBOCKER TRADITION: WASHINGTON IRVING'S NEW YORK
Edited by Andrew B. Myers
SLEEPY HOLLOW RESTORATIONS TARRYTOWN NEW YORK
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: The Knickerbocker tradition: Essays presented at a conference sponsored by Sleepy Hollow Restorations, Inc. in Tarrytown, N.Y., Oct. 28, 1972. Bibliography: p. 1. New York (City) History 1775-1865 Congresses. 2. New York (State) History 1775-1865 Congresses. 3. Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 Congresses. I. Myers, Andrew B., ed. II. Sleepy Hollow Restorations, Tarrytown, N.Y. III. Title. F128.44.K54917.47'03'374-678 ISBN 0-912882-08-5
Copyright 1974, by Sleepy Hollow Restorations, Inc.
All rights reserved.
For information, address the publisher: Sleepy Hollow Restorations, Inc. Tarrytown, New York 10591
ISBN 0-912882-08-5 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 74-678
First Printing
Printed in The United States of America Designed by Ray Freiman
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Contents
Illustrations
vi
Introduction
Andrew B. Myers
1
The Popularization of Politics in Irving's New York
Michael D'Innocenzo
12
New York Society: High and Low
James F. Richardson
36
Religion and Politics in Knickerbocker Times
Joseph L. Blau
51
Political Satire in Knickerbocker's History
Michael L. Black
65
Sunnyside: From Saltbox to Snuggery to Shrine
Andrew B. Myers
88
New York: A City of Constant Change and Accommodation
Jacob Judd
116
Notes
125
Further Readings
145
Contributors
147
Index
149
Page vi
Illustrations
Diedrich Knickerbocker
Frontis
Tammany Hall in 1830
15
The Great Fire of 1835
39
The Old Dutch Church, Sleepy Hollow
53
Governor Kieft's New Punishment for Beggars
67
Sunnyside in 1850
91
Common Council Memorial Resolution on the Death of Washington Irving
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