WE have, at last, a full story of the life of Mr. Irving. It is from the hand of a near relative, who has brought to the task an almost filial reverence, with a modest reserve of language, and a ...

Manhattanite -- New York's lost past, 1783-1803 -- Early travels, 1803-1806 -- Whim-whams and a treason trial, 1806-1807 -- Meet Diedrich Knickerbocker, 1808-1809 -- Irving goes to war, sort of, ...

Policy analyst and speechwriter Jones traces the life of “America’s first bona-fide best-selling author,” following Washington Irving (1783–1859) through his childhood in a religious home in New York, ...

Before Oklahoma could be found on any map, author Washington Irving captured readers' imaginations with his account of a wilderness adventure in the future state. Born in Manhattan in 1783, Irving is ...

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Washington Irving is known by most to be the father of Halloween with his iconic ghost story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," inspired by the New York village that neighbored his own in the Hudson ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to historian Elizabeth Bradley about the 200th anniversary of the publication of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Two hundred years ago, Washington Irving created a character who's ...

America can also the author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” for codifying many festive holiday traditions into the modern conception of Christmas. Imagine Christmas without a jolly ol’ St. Nick ...

IT is twenty years since the death of Washington Irving removed that personal presence which is always a powerful and sometimes the sole stimulus to the sale of an author’s books, and which strongly ...