History of New York (Dietrich Knickerbocker's)
New York: The Heritage Press, 1940. Illustrations by Don Freeman. Hardcover in Slipcase. In 1809, New Yorkers were buzzing about a series of classified ads concerning the whereabouts of Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker. They were unaware that Washington Irving had invented the man entirely and placed the ads himself. Knickerbocker’s.....