Author: Washington Irving
Narrator: Andre Stojka
Unabridged: 6 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Listen2Read
Published: 11/20/2015
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Us History
Washington Irving (1783–1859) was an American author, short story writer, essayist, poet, travel book writer, biographer, and columnist. He is best known for writing the stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Early on, he was a contributor to the Morning Chronicle, published Salmagundi, and served as editor of Analetic magazine in Philadelphia and New York. In 1809, he published the comical A History of New York under the name "Dietrich Knickerbocker." Eleven years later, he published a collection of stories entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., which allowed him to become a full-time writer. Other books written by Irving are Bracebridge Hall, Chronicles of the Conquest of Granada, A Tour of the Prairies, and The Life of George Washington, a five-volume title.
While I really do prefer Ruxton's "Life in the Far West" (Hey! There are, like, tons and tons of cannibals!) this is a more literary read. He, of Ichabod & Rip Van Winkle fame, actually took a trip to the prairies of present-day Oklahoma, following a crew composed of a Commissioner, a Captain, a ruf......more
Una lectura hermosísima y triste al mismo tiempo. Leemos y visualizamos de primera mano cómo se veía la naturaleza cuando el hombre apenas empezaba a invadirla; vastos bosques y praderas repletos de animales de todos tamaños viviendo libres, y que pocos después desaparecerían casi por completo en no......more
Durante un mes nuestro creador de Sleppy hollow hizo una incursión de un mes por los bosques americanos. Este diario no tiene nada emocionante tal como los valoramos: no acción, no intriga, no sospechas, etcétera. Encontraremos múltiples descripciones que disfrutaran los amantes de “El señor de los......more
Loved reading this book. It gives a great description of the Prairie before it was civilized by white men. Washington Irving joined an expedition in search of bison, wild horses, elk, deer, wild turkeys and other game in the cross timbers of Oklahoma, and the prairie beyond the Arkansas River. They s......more
Washington Irving is a celebrated early U.S. American author, introduced to U.S. schoolchildren as the author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winckle", who has a vast body of writing, continually reprinted in various editions for over 150 years. This work is valuable for its descriptio......more