Washington Irving was an American author of the early 19th century. Best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip van Winkle" (both of which appear in his book "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon"), he was also a prolific essayist, biographer and historian. Irving and James Fenimore Cooper were the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and Irving is said to have encouraged authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, … Wikipedia
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Washington Irving: Squire of Sunnyside By Joseph T. Butler Washington Irving (1783-1859) was one of America's early ambassadors of style and taste. www.hudsonvalley.org/sunnyside/learn_irving.htm
... Life of Oliver Goldsmith by Washington Irving eBooks@Adelaide 2004 Table of Contents PREFACE Birth and ParentageCharacteristics of the Goldsmith RacePoetical BirthplaceGoblin HouseScenes of ... etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/i/irving/washington/goldsmith/
Exhibits Online unites text, images, and other media on topics in the History of Science. Material is drawn from diverse fields from ancient times to the present. The History of Science program of the University of Oklahoma provides Exhibits Online as a hsci.cas.ou.edu/exhibits/exhibit.php?exbgrp=-999&exbid=45...
This page may be referred to as: http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/irving The American writer Washington Irving (1783-1859) spent many years in Birmingham, first visiting at the end of the Napoleonic War, in 1815. www.birmingham.gov.uk/irving
Irving travels to the English countryside and meets an old schoolmate, who invites him home to spend Christmas at the family estate. librivox.org/old-christmas-by-washington-irving/