Washington Irving
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection ''The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.'' His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.Irving was born and raised in Manhattan to a merchant family. He made his literary debut in 1802 with a series of observational letters to the ''Morning Chronicle'', written under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle. He temporarily moved to England for the family business in 1815, where he achieved fame with the publication of ''The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.'' which was serialized from 1819 to 1820. He continued to publish regularly throughout his life, and he completed a five-volume biography of George Washington just eight months before his death at age 76 in Tarrytown, New York.
Irving was one of the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and he encouraged other American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe. He was also admired by some British writers, including Lord Byron, Thomas Campbell, Charles Dickens, Mary Shelley, Francis Jeffrey, and Walter Scott. He advocated for writing as a legitimate profession and argued for stronger laws to protect American writers from copyright infringement. Provided by Wikipedia
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Old Christmas by Irving, Washington 1783-1859, Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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Histoire de la vie et des voyages de Christophe Colomb by Irving, Washington 1783-1859, Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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Viajes de descubrimientos de los compañeros de Colon by Irving, Washington 1783-1859, Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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Washington Irving's sämmtliche Werke by Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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Gottfried Crayon's Skizzenbuch by Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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Geschichte der Kalifen Vom Tode Mohamed's bis zum Einfall in Spanien by Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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<<The>> sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon (Washington Irving) by Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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<<The>> Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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<<The>> Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent With the last corrections of the author ... by Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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<<The>> sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, esq. (Washington, Irving.) by Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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<<The>> Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent In two volumes by Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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<<The>> Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq by Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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Gottfried Crayon's Skizzenbuch by Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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Adventures of Captain Bonneville, or Scenes beyond the Rocky Mountains of the Far West by Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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Abenteuer des Capitain Bonneville, oder Scenen jenseits des Felsengebirges im fernen Westen by Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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<<The>> Alhambra, or the new Sketch Book by Irving, Washington 1783-1859
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