Knickerbocker's History of New York, Vol. 2
Washington Irving
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Washington Irving, an author, biographer, historian, and diplomat, completed his first major work, a satire of contemporary local history and politics entitled A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker in 1809. Prior to its publication, Irving started a promotional hoax (not unlike some modern-day publicity stunts?) by placing fake missing persons advertisements in local newspapers asking for help in locating Diedrich Knickerbocker. As a continuation of the hoax, Irving also published a notice purported to be written by the proprietor of the hotel where Knickerbocker was staying, in which he threatened to publish a manuscript “left behind” by Knickerbocker if the hotel bill was not paid. From “The Author’s Apology”: “The main object of my work, in fact, had a bearing wide from the sober aim of history, but one which, I trust, will meet with some indulgence from poetic minds. It was to embody the traditions of our city in an amusing form; to illustrate its local humors, customs and peculiarities; to clothe home scenes and places and familiar names with those imaginative and whimsical associations so seldom met with in our new country, but which live like charms and spells about the cities of the old world, binding the heart of the native inhabitant to his home.” - Summary by From the text and adapted from Wikipedia by lubee930 (7 hr 21 min)
Chapters
Introduction | 3:12 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book IV, Chapter VI | 9:49 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book IV, Chapter VII | 5:00 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book IV, Chapter VIII | 9:20 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book IV, Chapter IX | 8:14 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book IV, Chapter X | 6:39 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book IV, Chapter XI | 7:16 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book IV, Chapter XII | 13:28 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book V, Chapter I | 14:21 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book V, Chapter II | 9:00 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book V, Chapter III | 10:39 | Read by Scott Birney |
Book V, Chapter IV | 14:28 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book V, Chapter V | 9:01 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book V, Chapter VI | 5:10 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book V, Chapter VII | 9:28 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book V, Chapter VIII | 9:41 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book V, Chapter IX | 15:44 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book VI, Chapter I | 12:02 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book VI, Chapter II | 12:49 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book VI, Chapter III | 15:00 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book VI, Chapter IV | 15:53 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book VI, Chapter V | 14:55 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book VI, Chapter VI | 18:19 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book VI, Chapter VII | 13:34 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book VI, Chapter VIII | 21:56 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book VI, Chapter IX | 18:29 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book VII, Chapter I | 12:59 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book VII, Chapter II | 8:11 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book VII, Chapter III | 6:29 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book VII, Chapter IV | 13:31 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book VII, Chapter V | 4:53 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book VII, Chapter VI | 9:28 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book VII, Chapter VII | 7:41 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book VII, Chapter VIII | 8:48 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Book VII, Chapter IX | 15:40 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book VII, Chapter X | 10:11 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book VII, Chapter XI | 15:38 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book VII, Chapter XII | 13:04 | Read by Maria Kasper |
Book VII, Chapter XIII | 11:15 | Read by Maria Kasper |