Knickerbocker : the myth behind New York

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Label

Knickerbocker : the myth behind New York

Title remainder

the myth behind New York

Statement of responsibility

Elizabeth L. Bradley

Creator

• Bradley, Elizabeth L., 1973-

Author

• Bradley, Elizabeth L., 1973-

Subject

• City and town life -- New York (State) | New York
• Dutch
• Dutch -- New York (State) | New York -- History
• Group identity
• Group identity -- New York (State) | New York
• History
• History of New York (Irving, Washington)
• Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
• Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
• Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 -- Characters | Diedrich Knickerbocker
• Chronologies
• Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
• Manners and customs
• New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Chronology
• New York (N.Y.) -- In literature
• New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
• New York (State) -- New York
• New York (State) -- New York | Manhattan
• Literature
• City and town life

Genre

• History
• Chronology
• Chronologies

Language

eng

Summary

How Diedrich Knickerbocker, a fictional man of stature, flamboyance and Dutch lineage, shaped the city's identity. The narrator of Washington Irving's A History of New York, Knickerbocker has charmed readers since 1809 with his half-fantastical urban history. The author maintains that the proud Dutchman inspired New Yorkers to assert their own idiosyncratic relationship to the city, and to its history. Knickerbocker was appropriated: for political gain during FDR's presidency, commercial reward for countless businesses and sports promotion for teams like the New York Knicks

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

974.7103

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography