Washington Irving
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection ''The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.'' His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.Irving was born and raised in Manhattan to a merchant family. He made his literary debut in 1802 with a series of observational letters to the ''Morning Chronicle'', written under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle. He temporarily moved to England for the family business in 1815, where he achieved fame with the publication of ''The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.'' which was serialized from 1819 to 1820. He continued to publish regularly throughout his life, and he completed a five-volume biography of George Washington just eight months before his death at age 76 in Tarrytown, New York.
Irving was one of the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and he encouraged other American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe. He was also admired by some British writers, including Lord Byron, Thomas Campbell, Charles Dickens, Mary Shelley, Francis Jeffrey, and Walter Scott. He advocated for writing as a legitimate profession and argued for stronger laws to protect American writers from copyright infringement. Provided by Wikipedia
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A history of New York / Washington Irving ; introduction and notes by Elizabeth L. Bradley. by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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Tales of a traveller / by Geoffrey Crayon, gent. ; edited by Judith Giblin Haig ; (with the cooperation of Brom Weber and David S. Wilson). by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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Washington Irving's Tales of the supernatural / selected and with an introd. by Edward Wagenknecht ; illustrated by R.W. Alley. by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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Stories of the Hudson / by Washington Irving ; with illustrations by Clifton Johnson. by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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The wit and whimsy of Washington Irving / compiled and edited by Bruce D. MacPhail. by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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Voyages and discoveries of the companions of Columbus / Washington Irving ; edited by James W. Tuttleton. by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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The life and voyages of Christopher Columbus / by Washington Irving. by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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The sketch book ; The Crayon papers ; A history of New York ; A tour of the prairies / by Washington Irving. by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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The complete tales of Washington Irving / edited with an introduction by Charles Neider. by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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Journals and notebooks / Edited by Nathalia Wright. by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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Three western narratives / Washington Irving. by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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Life of George Washington / By Washington Irving ... by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow / Washington Irving. by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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Rip Van Winkle / Washington, Irving. by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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Memoir of Washington Irving. : With selections from his works and criticisms. by Adams, Charles, 1808-1890
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The legend of Sleepy Hollow : an audience participation play for children, adapted from the tale of Washington Irving / by Bernice Bronson. by Bronson, Bernice
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Rip Van Winkle / as played by Joseph Jefferson. by Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905
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Sleepy Hollow / Paramount Pictures and Mandalay Pictures present a Scott Rudin/American Zoetrope Production ; a Tim Burton film ; directed by Tim Burton ; produced by Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder ; screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker.
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Best plays of the early American theatre : from the beginning to 1916 / edited, with introductions, by John Gassner in association with Mollie Gassner. by Gassner, John, 1903-1967
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Representative American plays / ed. with introductions and notes by Arthur Hobson Quinn. by Quinn, Arthur Hobson, 1875-1960
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