For the bicentennial of its original publication—the first
full-length book from the father of the American short story 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’s purported manuscript, A
History of New York, was Irving’s own. Told from Knickerbocker’s
point of view, A History of New York is a chronicle of New York’s
fifty years under Dutch rule in the 1600s that plays fast and loose
with the facts, to uproarious effect. Irving’s good-humored spoofing
had staying power, and his satire provided the city with its first
self-portrait. A History of New York propelled Irving to the heights
of literary stardom and even made a little history of its own: New
Yorkers are called Knickerbockers to this day.
A description of New Netherland
(Adriaen van der Donck; edited by Charles T. Gehring and William A. Starna; translated by Diederik Willem Goedhuys; foreword by Russell Shorto; ISBN: 0803210884;
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