Overview
Brian Jay Jones crafts a deft biography of the author of ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" and ""Rip van Winkle"" quintessential New Yorker, presidential confidant, diplomat, lawyer, and fascinating charmer. The first American writer to make his pen his primary means of support, Washington Irving rocketed to fame at the age of twenty-six. In 1809 he published A History of New York under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, to great acclaim. The public's appetite for all things Irving was insatiable; his name alone guaranteed sales. At the time, he was one of the most famous men in the world, a friend of Dickens, Hawthorne, and Longfellow, as well as Astor, van Buren, and Madison. But his sparkling public persona was only one side of this gentleman author. In brilliant, meticulous strokes, Brian Jay Jones renders Washington Irving in all his flawed splendor--someone who fretted about money and employment, suffered from writer's block, and doggedly cultivated his reputation. Jones offers a very human portrait of the often contrasting public and private lives of this true American original.
Full Product Details
Author: Brian Jay Jones
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 22.60cm
Weight: 0.544kg
ISBN: 9781611453546
ISBN 10: 1611453542
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 15 November 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A fine biography engaging, clearly written, and well researched. Charming . . . Irving ranked as one of America s greatest writers, bon vivants, and literary showmen. Jones s briskly written and comprehensive biography of this unjustly neglected figure is a pleasure to read and belongs in the library of any serious student of the United States engagement with the world. Charming . . . Irving ranked as one of America 's greatest writers, bon vivants, and literary showmen. Jones 's briskly written and comprehensive biography of this unjustly neglected figure is a pleasure to read and belongs in the library of any serious student of the United States engagement with the world.
Jones 's briskly written and comprehensive biography of this unjustly neglected figure is a pleasure to read and belongs in the library of any serious student of the United States engagement with the world.
Charming . . . Irving ranked as one of America s greatest writers, bon vivants, and literary showmen.
Charming . . . Irving ranked as one of America s greatest writers, bon vivants, and literary showmen. Jones s briskly written and comprehensive biography of this unjustly neglected figure is a pleasure to read and belongs in the library of any serious student of the United States engagement with the world. A fine biography engaging, clearly written, and well researched. Charming . . . Irving ranked as one of America 's greatest writers, bon vivants, and literary showmen. Jones 's briskly written and comprehensive biography of this unjustly neglected figure is a pleasure to read and belongs in the library of any serious student of the United States engagement with the world.
