JESSA KRICK

Tarrytown, New York

The object I am nominating is an edition of Washington Irving's Diedrick Knickerbocker's History of New-York (1809).

This book was Irving's first great literary success, launching the author's career as the noted American author of his day. In addition, thanks to this book, "Knickerbocker" has become synonymous with New Yorker. Beer, short pants, even bread shared this name over the years. Today it lives in the name of our basketball team, the New York Knicks!