| Knickerbocker's History of New York Annotated Contributor(s): Irving, Washington (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798709955936 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Satire - Fiction | Urban |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (1.12 lbs) 442 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Knickerbocker's History of New York is a satire on self-important local history and contemporary politics. Prior to its publication, Irving started a hoax akin to today's viral marketing campaigns; he placed a series of missing person adverts in New York newspapers seeking information+E18 on Diedrich Knickerbocker, a crusty Dutch historian who had allegedly gone missing from his hotel in New York City. As part of the ruse, Irving placed a notice-allegedly from the hotel's proprietor-informing readers that if Mr. Knickerbocker failed to return to the hotel to pay his bill, he would publish a manuscript Knickerbocker had left behind. |