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Author Bradley, Elizabeth L., 1973-

Title Knickerbocker : the myth behind New York / Elizabeth L. Bradley
Published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rivergate Books, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 191 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
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Contents The picture of Knickerbocker -- Inheriting Knickerbocker -- Fashioning a Knickerbocracy -- Knickerbocker in a new century
Summary Diedrich Knickerbocker was created in 1809 by a young Washington Irving, who used the character to narrate his classic satire, A History of New York. Bradley's stunning volume offers a surprising and delightful glimpse behind the scenes of New York history, and invites readers into the world of Knickerbocker, the antihero who surprised everyone by becoming the standard-bearer for the city's exceptional sense of self, or what we now call a New York "attitude."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-178) and index
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Subject Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. History of New York.
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 -- Characters -- Diedrich Knickerbocker
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 -- Influence
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
SUBJECT History of New York (Irving, Washington) fast
Subject Group identity -- New York (State) -- New York
City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York
Dutch -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
HISTORY -- State & Local.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- General.
City and town life
Dutch
Group identity
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature
Manners and customs
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
New York (N.Y.) -- In literature
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Chronology
New York (State) -- New York
New York (State) -- New York -- Manhattan
Genre/Form Chronologies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008035428
ISBN 9780813548623
0813548624
1282242032
9781282242036
9786613813152
661381315X