The New York Nix - A History of New York City

After he returned to the us, irving started a satirical periodical with his brother william and their friend, james kirk palding. They published about 20 issues in 18 o seven and 18 o eight. This periodical has been described as the mad magazine its day. And it lampooned a number of targets, but a lot of its focus was on the political and social life of new york city. The use of gotham as a nickname for new york City was coined in its pages. In 18 o nine, irving published a fictional history of the dutch colonization of new yorks. Thanks to this book, knickerbocker became an