A History of New Yorkby Washington Irving | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"U.S. History - Cultural" |
| Pages: | 356 |
| Year of Publication: | 1809 |
| Date Added: | 03/03/1999 |
| Date Read: | 03/31/1999 |
| Notes: | Subtitle: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty Using this pen name, Diedrich Knickerbocker, Irving describes and pokes fun at the lives of the early Dutch settlers of Manhattan. COMMENTS — Eventually, this pen name came to mean a person from New York, and is where the basketball team, The New York Knickerbockers (Knicks) got its name. |
| My Rating: | 6 |