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The Life of George Washington By Washington Irving Illustrated Vol. IV Published By John B. Alden New York 1887 5.75" x 8" 414 Pages. Indexed Hardcover in Cloth Binding. **** 122 Years Old **** The Life of American Revolutionary War General and First American President George Washington (1732-1799) By Great American Author Washington Irving (1783-1859) The first American author to achieve international renown, who created the legendary fictional characters Rip Van Winkle and Ichabod Crane . [ see biographical information below ] Note that this is a single volume only; it includes the period of Washington's life from late in the Revolutionary War until his death in 1799. This period includes his time as the First President of the United States . The Appendix includes Washington's Farewell Address , his Will , " Portraits Of Washington ", and Proceedings of Congress in conseqence of Washington's death. With 22 Illustrations , including : Portrait of George Washington , from the Painting by Gilbert Stuart Portraits of Military Generals [ General Sumter , Gen Pickens , Gen. Daniel Morgan , Gen. Anthony Wayne , General Knox with Artillery , Gen. St. Clair ] Portraits of American Founding Fathers [ Thomas Jefferson , James Madison , James Monroe , Samuel Adams , Alexander Hamilton ] Map of the Siege of Yorktown , October, 1781 Biographical Information: Washington Irving (1783-1859) American writer, the first American author to achieve international renown, who created the fictional characters Rip Van Winkle and Ichabod Crane. Born in New York City on April 3, 1783, Irving studied law at private schools. After serving in several law offices and traveling in Europe for his health from 1804 to 1806, he was eventually admitted to the bar in 1806. His interest in the law was neither deep nor long-lasting, however, and Irving began to contribute satirical essays and sketches to New York newspapers as early as 1802. A group of these pieces, written from 1802 to 1803 and collected under the title Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent., won Irving his earliest literary recognition. From 1807 to 1808 he was the leading figure in a social group that included his brothers William Irving and Peter Irving and William's brother-in-law James Kirke Paulding; together they wrote Salmagundi, or, the Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq., and Others, a series of satirical essays and poems on New York society. Irving's contributions to this miscellany established his reputation as an essayist and wit, and this reputation was enhanced by his next work, A History of New York (1809), ostensibly written by Irving's famous comic creation, the Dutch-American scholar Diedrich Knickerbocker. The work is an amusing account of New York State during the period of Dutch occupation (1609-1664); Irving's mocking tone and comical descriptions of early American life counterbalanced the nationalism prevalent in much American writing of the time. Generally considered the first important contribution to American comic literature, and a great popular success from the start, the work brought Irving considerable fame and financial reward. In 1815 Irving went to Liverpool, England, as a silent partner in his brothers' commercial firm. When, after a series of losses, the business went into bankruptcy in 1818, Irving returned to writing for a living. In England he became the intimate friend of several leading men of letters, including Thomas Campbell, Sir Walter Scott, and Thomas Moore. Under the pen name of Geoffrey Crayon, Irving wrote the essays and short stories collected in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1819-1820). The Sketch Book, as it is also known, was his most popular work and was widely acclaimed in both England and the United States for its geniality, grace, and humor. The collection's two most famous stories, both based on German folktales, are "Rip Van Winkle," about a ... read more

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