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Your search for: knickerbockers AND history AND of AND new AND york


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Books on: knickerbockers history of new york

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Journal Articles on: knickerbockers history of new york

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Magazine Articles on: knickerbockers history of new york

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Newspaper Articles on: knickerbockers history of new york

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    When Christmas Was a Merry Brawl: New York Elite Led 1820s Reform Effort
    Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, December 6, 1996
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...was a merry brawl: New York elite led 1820s reform...traditional Christmas. The Knickerbocker Set, as this cultural...in the cities, New York Episcopalians such...Christmas. Irvings book "Knickerbockers History of New York," an allegorical...
     
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    Washington Irving Chronicler of Old New York and His Legacy
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 4, 2007
    Subjects: 
    Rip Van Winkle (Short fiction)
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Chronicler of Old New York and His Legacy...place in the history of letters...chronicler of old New York in "Knickerbockers History," which seems...for his "histories" are wonderfully...writes that "Knickerbocker is a skeptic...
     
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    Well-Heeled New Yorkers Helped Invent Christmas Celebrations: City's Cultural, Communications Eminence Led Nation
    Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, December 25, 1998
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    Well-heeled New Yorkers helped invent...their hats to New York City for this contribution...early 1800s, New York City was the center...genesis with this New York story," says Mike...on New York City history, "Gotham," is...how the wealthy "Knickerbocker set" created the...Irvings satirical "Knickerbockers History" as the...
     
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    The Original Wakeup Call for the Modern Short Story
    Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 21, 2004
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...mainly, that made fun of contemporary fads and follies - and was already known for being the author of Knickerbockers History Of New York when, in 1815, he set off on an extended trip to Europe. He got no further than England, where he decided...
     
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    The Original Wakeup Call; Books
    Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 21, 2004
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...mainly, that made fun of contemporary fads and follies - and was already known for being the author of Knickerbockers History Of New York when, in 1815, he set off on an extended trip to Europe. He got no further than England, where he decided...
     

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Encyclopedia Articles on: knickerbockers history of new york

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    Knickerbocker
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    KNICKERBOCKER nik rbok r, term used almost synonymously...customs and the Dutch region of early New York state. A History of New York (1809), written by Washington Irving under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, popularized the term. There...
     
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    New York , City, United States
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...of Natural History (with the...library of the New-York Historical...research, New York has more than...Center and New York Weill...Among New Yorks noted...the New York Zoological...and the New York Botanical...home to the Knickerbockers (basketball...Grants Tomb. History The Colonial...
     
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    Baseball
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...turns at bat. History Early History Baseball...Cartwright of the New York Knickerbocker Club standardized...was played by the Knickerbockers in the fall of...Ruths durable New York Yankee teammate...Dodgers and New York Giants for California...
     

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