Knickerbocker's History of New York: Complete

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.