Knickerbocker's History Of New York, A: Knickerbocker's History Of New York (volume I)

This is a reissue of the two-volume satire subtitled A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. Published to popular acclaim in 1809, this work, considered the first important contribution to American comic literature, was Washington Irvingï¿1/2s first book. The first volume relates the creation and population of the world, including the discovery of what would become New York. It then examines the first settlements of the Dutch and the ensuing reigns of Governors William the Testy and Wouter Van Twiller. 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 projects of William the Testy, and the chivalric achievements of Peter the Headstrong ; the three Dutch governors of New Amsterdam ; being the only authentic history of the times that ever hath been or ever will be published.