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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Createspace Independent Pub
Publication date
June 2, 2015
Pages
164
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781514199800
ISBN-10
1514199807
Dimensions
0.41 by 6 by 9 in.
Original list price
$9.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The fun of reading a parody is heightened by acquaintance with the material being burlesqued. Although Washington Irving confessed, in the âAuthorâs Apologyâ added to the edition of 1848, that his idea had been to parody Samuel L. Mitchellâs A Picture of New York (1807), a knowledge of Mitchellâs book is not necessary to the enjoyment of Irvingâs work. The parody is only part of the humor of A History of New York, By Diedrich Knickerbocker, which was originally begun as a collaboration between Irving and his older brother, Peter, and had the original title A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. The work reveals the interest of its twenty-five-year-old author in history, customs, and etymology; the burlesquing of several literary stylesâhis notebook supplies the names of some of the authors parodied, names now largely forgottenâreveals Irving as a literary critic. Irving was in the process of finishing the book when his fiancé, Matilda Hoffman, died suddenly. At first he was too stunned to continue working, then he returned to the manuscript as an anodyne for his grief and finished it quickly. About the same time, he conceived the idea of ascribing the authorship to an imaginary and eccentric Dutchman. The hoax was elaborately contrived and began when the public press printed a story about the disappearance of a man named Diedrich Knickerbocker. A short time later, an advertisement appeared, supposedly signed by the owner of the boardinghouse where Knickerbocker had lived, offering for sale âa very curious kind of written book,â which the landlord ostensibly had printed to reimburse himself for the old gentlemanâs unpaid rent. On December 6, 1809, A History of New York, in seven parts and 130,000 words, was first offered for sale. Legends about its reception spread rapidly. A Dutch woman in Albany threatened to horsewhip the author for his slanderous account of an ancestor. A number of famous New York families reportedly prepared to sue the publisher. On the other hand, Sir Walter Scott was reported to have complained of sore ribs from laughing so hard over the book. Irvingâs style ranges from playful to erudite. Evidence of his wide reading appears on almost every page, and voluminous footnotes clothe it with pseudo-scholarship. At first, readers thought these references were part of the humor; later scholars began tracing them to actual, though minor, Roman and Greek writers. The authorâs pleasantries are apparent from the beginning. Book 1, according to him, is âlearned, sagacious, and nothing at all to the purpose,â and he suggests that the idle reader skip it. When Irving embarks on a study of cosmogony, or creation of the world, he advises the reader to âtake fast hold of his skirt or take a short cut and wait for him at the beginning of some smoother...
Editions
Hardcover
from Bibliolife (June 15, 2009); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781110490929 | details & prices | 194 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.94 lbs | List price $26.99
from Indypublish.Com (February 28, 2005); titled "Knickerbocker's History Of New York"
9781414239958 | details & prices | 344 pages | 6.25 × 9.30 × 1.00 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $36.99
About: Book by Irving, Washington
About: Book by Irving, Washington
Paperback
from Createspace Independent Pub (December 3, 2015); titled "Knickerbockers History of New York"
9781519648846 | details & prices | 404 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.91 in. | List price $14.50
from Createspace Independent Pub (December 3, 2015); titled "Knickerbockers History of New York"
9781519652317 | details & prices | 404 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.91 in. | List price $15.00
About: Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 â November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.
About: Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 â November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.
from Createspace Independent Pub (September 19, 2015); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781517404833 | details & prices | 358 pages | 8.50 × 11.00 × 0.81 in. | List price $16.99
About: A satire on self-important local history and contemporary politics.
About: A satire on self-important local history and contemporary politics.
from Createspace Independent Pub (July 21, 2015); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781515118329 | details & prices | 358 pages | 8.50 × 11.00 × 0.81 in. | List price $15.99
About: Knickerbocker's History of New York is a satire on self-important local history and contemporary politics.
About: Knickerbocker's History of New York is a satire on self-important local history and contemporary politics.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Createspace Independent Pub (June 2, 2015); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781514199800 | details & prices | 164 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.41 in. | List price $9.00
About: The fun of reading a parody is heightened by acquaintance with the material being burlesqued.
About: The fun of reading a parody is heightened by acquaintance with the material being burlesqued.
from Createspace Independent Pub (October 16, 2014); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781502798619 | details & prices | 276 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.63 in. | List price $8.99
from Createspace Independent Pub (December 6, 2013); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781494390242 | details & prices | 364 pages | 7.44 × 9.69 × 0.82 in. | List price $15.99
About: Knickerbocker's History of New York
About: Knickerbocker's History of New York
from Createspace Independent Pub (August 4, 2013); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781491276327 | details & prices | 280 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.70 in. | List price $16.95
from Createspace Independent Pub (October 1, 2012); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781480020597 | details & prices | 490 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.11 in. | List price $21.99
2 edition from Pelican Pub Co Inc (September 30, 2009); titled "A Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781589806986 | details & prices | 235 pages | 4.25 × 7.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $9.99
from Bibliolife (June 15, 2009); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781110490912 | details & prices | 194 pages | List price $22.75
About: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
About: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
from Hicks Pr (February 28, 2008); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781408676097 | details & prices | 296 pages | List price $14.99
from Bibliobazaar (October 31, 2007); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781426467363 | details & prices | 368 pages | List price $31.75
About: At New York William Irving entered into trade, and prospered fairly until the outbreak of the American Revolution.
About: At New York William Irving entered into trade, and prospered fairly until the outbreak of the American Revolution.
Large print edition from Bibliobazaar (October 31, 2007); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781426467998 | details & prices | 403 pages | 7.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $34.75
from Standard Pubns Inc (April 30, 2007); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781594626197 | details & prices | 260 pages | List price $15.45
from Echo Library (March 31, 2007); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781406838053 | details & prices | 260 pages | List price $14.90
from Indypublish.Com (May 30, 2006); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781421978062 | details & prices | 344 pages | List price $30.99
About: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
About: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
from Dodo Pr (June 28, 2005); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781905432301 | details & prices | 332 pages | List price $25.99
from Indypublish.Com (February 28, 2005); titled "Knickerbocker's History Of New York"
9781414239965 | details & prices | 344 pages | List price $38.99
from Firebird Pr (May 1, 2002)
9781565549463 | details & prices | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $16.95
from Firebird Pr (May 1, 2002); titled "A Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9781565549456 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $16.95
Reprint edition from Ungar Pub Co (November 1, 1983); titled "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
9780804462914 | details & prices | 6.25 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $8.95
About: An abridged version of Irving's humorous history of the old New York of Peter Stuyvesant
About: An abridged version of Irving's humorous history of the old New York of Peter Stuyvesant
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