Knickerbocker's History of New York

Today, author Washington Irving is best remembered for the iconic tales The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. However, Irving also produced a number of well-regarded works of history and biography. This brilliant volume combines fact and fiction, offering a satirical—and often imagined—history of New York from the perspective of make-believe Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker.