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The Irving family settled in Manhattan, and were part of the city's merchant class. Washington was born on April 3, 1783, [1] the same week that New York City residents learned of the British ceasefire which ended the American Revolution. Irving's mother named him after George Washington. [3]
Diedrich Knickerbocker is an American literary character who originated from Washington Irving 's first novel, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809). He is a Dutch-American historian who is dressed in a specific type of baggy-kneed trousers referred to as ...
The Knickerbocker Group was a somewhat indistinct group of 19th-century American writers. [1] Its most prominent members included Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper and William Cullen Bryant. Each was a pioneer in general literature— novels, poetry and journalism. Humorously titled after Irving's own pen name, many others later joined ...
A History of New York, subtitled From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, is an 1809 literary parody on the early history of New York City by Washington Irving. Originally published under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, later editions that acknowledged Irving's authorship were printed as Knickerbocker's History of ...
Knickerbocker was also an imaginary personage created by Washington Irving to promote his new book at the time, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. The work was a satire of both history books and the politics of the time. Irving published the work in 1809 under the pseudonym "Diedrich ...
818/.209 19. LC Class. PS2052 1983. Preceded by. A History of New York. Followed by. Bracebridge Hall. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., commonly referred to as The Sketch Book, is a collection of 34 essays and short stories written by the American author Washington Irving. It was published serially throughout 1819 and 1820.
The name "Knickerbocker" first acquired meaning with Washington Irving's History of New York, which featured the fictional author Diedrich Knickerbocker, an old-fashioned Dutch New Yorker in Irving's satire of chatty and officious local history. [4] In fact, Washington Irving had a real friend named Herman Knickerbocker (1779–1855), whose ...
The Knicks fell 101–91 to the Washington Wizards, giving New York its longest losing streak in the franchise's 69-year history. [159] This record was extended to a 16th straight loss after the NBA Global Games loss against the Milwaukee Bucks in London. Porziņģis as an NBA rookie against the Washington Wizards.