Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey; Spanish Voyages of Discovery - Irving, Washington
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1817 and 1900. Washington Irving was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through his writings and is considered to be the Father of the American Short Story. Contents of Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey include: Abbotsford; Newstead Abbey; Arrival at the Abbey; The Abbey Garden; Plough Monday; Old Servants; Superstitions of the Abbey; Annesley Hall; The Lake; Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest; The Rook Cell; and The Little White Lady. The Spanish Voyages of Discovery is a biography on Spanish voyages and conquests by Balboa, Alonzo de Ojeda, Ponce de Leon and others. See…mehr

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1817 and 1900. Washington Irving was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through his writings and is considered to be the Father of the American Short Story. Contents of Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey include: Abbotsford; Newstead Abbey; Arrival at the Abbey; The Abbey Garden; Plough Monday; Old Servants; Superstitions of the Abbey; Annesley Hall; The Lake; Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest; The Rook Cell; and The Little White Lady. The Spanish Voyages of Discovery is a biography on Spanish voyages and conquests by Balboa, Alonzo de Ojeda, Ponce de Leon and others. See other Irving titles available from Kessinger Publishing.
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Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Islamic prophet Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th century Spain that deal with subjects such as Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Washington Irving's parents were William Irving Sr., originally of Quholm, Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland, and Sarah (née Saunders), originally of Falmouth, Cornwall, England. They married in 1761 while William was serving as a petty officer in the British Navy. They had eleven children, eight of whom survived to adulthood. Their first two sons died in infancy, both named William, as did their fourth child John. Their surviving children were William Jr. (1766), Ann (1770), Peter (1771), Catherine (1774), Ebenezer (1776), John Treat (1778), Sarah (1780), and Washington. Irving served as ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846. He made his literary debut in 1802 with a series of observational letters to the Morning Chronicle, written under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle. He moved to England for the family business in 1815 where he achieved fame with the publication of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., serialized from 1819-20. He continued to publish regularly throughout his life, and he completed a five-volume biography of George Washington just eight months before his death at age 76 in Tarrytown, New York.