A History of New York

A history of new york was another satire. It parodied samuel l mitchell's the picture of New York. But it still drew from real people and places that irving had known while living in hudson valley. Irving led up to the publication of this book with something of r hoax. He posted a series of notices about a missing historian named diedrich knickerbocker, establishing the name and reputation of this fictitious person. In 18 11 he moved to washington, d c,. To work as a lobbyist protecting the interests of his family's merchant business. During the war of 18 12, after britoin invaded washington,d c., irving enlisted in