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    A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Dietrich Knickerbocker

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    A sly satire on self-important local history that brought ''Knickerbocker'' into the American lexicon.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStart Classics
    Release dateJan 8, 2015
    ISBN9781633554702
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    A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Dietrich Knickerbocker
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    Washington Irving

    Nueva York, 1783 - Sunnyside, 1859. Escritor norteamericano perteneciente al mundo literario del costumbrismo. Washington Irving es el primer autor americano que utiliza la literatura para hacer reír y caricaturizar la realidad, creando además el estilo coloquial que después utilizarían Mark Twain y Hemingway.

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