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Washington Irving
Book List in Order: 44 titles
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The Life And Voyages Of Christopher Columbus
- 1849
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Modern views of Columbus are overshadowed by guilt about past conquests. Credit for discovering the New World, we are told, belongs to its original inhabitants rather than any European, and Columbus gave those inhabitants nothing apart from death, di...
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The Complete Tales of Washington Irving
- Apr-1975
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Washington Irving (1783-1859) was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through his writings and the first to enjoy international acclaim. In addition to his long public service as a diplomat, Irving was amazingly prolific: His...
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Irving History, Tales and Sketches: The Sketch Book/A History of New York/Salmagundi/Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent.
- Nov-1983
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Washington Irving’s career as a writer began obscurely at age seventeen, when his brother’s newspaper published his series of comic reports on the theater, theater-goers, fashions, balls, courtships, duels, and marriages of his contemporary New Y...
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A Tour on the Prairies
- Nov-1985
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This is a record of IrvingÃs expedition to the western parts of the country. He has captured the essence of the area through his exquisite descriptions. He has given a romantic depiction of the adventure and expeditions that he undertook while in th...
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Visions of Washington Irving: Selected Works from the Collections of Historic Hudson Valley.
- Sep-1995
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This is a beautiful book honoring Washington Irving (1783-1859) and his house, Sunnyside, as focal points of America's artistics life during the first half of the nineteenth century. Irving's colorful and painterly style continues to delight readers ...
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A Knickerbocker's History of New York
- Dec-2001
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Published to popular acclaim in 1809, this satire, considered the first important contribution to American comic literature, was Washington Irving''s first book. It begins by relating the creation and population of the world, including the discove...
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The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall
- May-2003
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There is truth in the saying that onlookers see more of the game than the players, and in the same way it may be said that in this series of sketches of rural England, with descriptions of rustic customs, and above all of the hearty keeping of Christ...
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Ghost Masters, Volume 2
- Oct-2008
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Readers in the 19th Century were firm believers in supernatural phenomena. As a result, numerous writers exploited this market with ghost stories. Many famous literary authors, names well-known today, and others, turned their hand to this genre and c...
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Old Christmas
- Dec-2008
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...
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A History of New York
- Jan-2009
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In 1809, New Yorkers were buzzing about a series of classified ads concerning the whereabouts of Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker. They were unaware that Washington Irving had invented the man entirely and placed the ads himself. Knickerbocker?...
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The Collected Supernatural And Weird Fiction Of Washington Irving
- Oct-2010
- / Fantasy
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Two volumes of the strange and ghostly by one of the earliest great American authors
Those who know anything of American literature know that Washington Irving was one of its earliest and most influential giants. Born less than a decade after ... -
International Short Stories - American
- Mar-2012
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The International Short Stories series is a collection of writings of internationally renowned authors. This volume, Stories from America, includes Hawthorne and Irving, Poe and Cooper, Longfellow, Henry, Crawford, Lewis and many more. THE PROPHETIC ...
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Washington Irving
- Sep-2012
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Beautifully printed and slipcased, this elegantly produced collection of three classic Irving masterpieces captures the magic of folktales and makes the perfect gift for the holiday season. All three of these time-honored Washington Irving tales firs...
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Christmas Day
- Oct-2014
- / General Fiction
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WHEN I woke the next morning it seemed as if all the events of the preceding evening had been a dream, and nothing but the identity of the ancient chamber convinced me of their reality. While I lay musing on my pillow I heard the sound of little feet...
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Christmas Eve
- Oct-2014
- / General Fiction
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IT was a brilliant moonlight night, but extremely cold; our chaise whirled rapidly over the frozen ground; the postboy smacked his whip incessantly, and a part of the time his horses were on a gallop. "He knows where he is going," said my companion, ...
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The Christmas Dinner
- Oct-2014
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The irruption of this motley crew with beat of drum, according to ancient custom, was the consummation of uproar and merriment. Master Simon covered himself with glory by the stateliness with which, as Ancient Christmas, he walked a minuet with the p...
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Little Britain
- Dec-2015
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Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. Best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip van Winkle (both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Cray...
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Spanish Papers
- Dec-2015
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Washington Irving (1783 â€" 1859) was an American author, best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical wor...
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Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey
This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic reade...
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Astoria, Or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains
This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic reade...
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Beauties of Washington Irving
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Bracebridge Hall, Or The Humorists
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. Although the following Chronicle bears the name of the venerable Fray Antonio Agapida, it is rather a superstructure reared upon the fragments which remain of his work. It may be asked, Who is this same Ag...
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The Crayon Papers
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. Best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip van Winkle (both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Cray...
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The Crayon Reading Book
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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The Land Of Footprints
"Nothing indicated that we were otherwise situated than in a very pleasant, rather wide grass valley in the embrace of the mountains. Only a walk of a few hundred yards atop the upthrow of the low rise revealed the fact that it was in reality the lip...
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Selections From The Sketch Book
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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Six Selections from Irving's Sketchbook
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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Tales of a Traveler
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. Best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip van Winkle (both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Cray...
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Ten Selections From The Sketch-Book
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...
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Wolfert Webber, or, Golden Dreams
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Wolfert's Roost, And Miscellanies
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. Best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip van Winkle (both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Cray...
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The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. While engaged in writing an account of the grand enterprise of Astoria, it was my practice to seek all kinds of oral information connected with the subject. Nowhere did I pick up more interesting particular...
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The Devil and Tom Walker
Skyros Publishing is dedicated to reproducing the finest books ever written and letting readers of all ages experience a classic for the first time or revisit a past favorite. The Devil and Tom Walker is a classic short story written by Washington Ir...
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a classic ghost tale written by Washington Irving and first published in 1820. The tale was later made into a Hollywood movie starring Johnny Depp. Ichabod Crane, a schoolteacher, came to Tarry Town in the glen of Sleep...
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Rip van Winkle
The legendary enchantment of Rip Van Winkle in the Kaatskill Mountains; the gruesome end of Ichabod Crane, who met the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow; the spectre bridegroom who turned out to be happily substantial; the pride of an English villag...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
In The Sketch-Book (1820-21), Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions. In two sketches, he experiments with tales transplanted from Europe, thereby creating the first classic American short stories...
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Tales of the Alhambra
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
