Elizabeth L. Bradley of the New York Public Library talks about how Washington Irving created a New York City legend in 1809 when he published a chronicle of New York’s 50 years under Dutch rule from the perspective of his fictional character Diedrich Knickerbocker.
Event:
Elizabeth L. Bradley will be giving a talk, taking questions, and signing books
Thursday January 29th at 6:30 PM
At the Fraunces Tavern Museum
54 Pearl Street
Guests:
Elizabeth L. Bradley
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Comments [9]
... , I own this old book ....
There is a Poe Park in the Bronx.
You can have a delightful visit to Washington Irving's home, "Sunnyside", right on the Hudson River, on the border between Irvington and Tarrytown.
Way to go Betsey Bradley! Glad to see you putting your prodigious smarts to good use.
A History of New York
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE END OF THE DUTCH DYNASTY;containing, among many surprising and curious matters, the unutterable ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the disastrous projecs of William the Testy, and the chivalric achievements of Peter the Headstrong--the three
Dutch govenors of the New Amsterdam: being the only authentic history of the times that hath ever or ever will be published:
by Diedrich Knickerbocker
West 83rd Street between Broadway and West End is "Edgar Allen Poe Place" Or possibly Lane, or Way. Something like that.
"Knickerbocker" was undoubtedly referencing Erasmus Darwin, also a gentleman-naturalist. His grandson Charles, who eclipsed his notoriety, was born in 1809, the same year as the book being discussed.
Charles Darwin was born in 1809. If Irving was referring to Darwin, it was most likely to Charles's gradfather, Erasmus Darwin
Chas Darwin was born in 1809. Irving must refer to Erasmus Darwin (d.1802)
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