Washington Irving
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Welcome, kind listener, to The Washington Irving Library - a quiet corner of the modern world where old tales wander freely once more. Here are gathered the sketches, legends, and curious histories of America’s earliest storyteller, read in full and unhurried, as though beside a hearth on an autumn evening.From the misty hollows of the Hudson Valley to the rambling pages of forgotten journals, each episode invites you to linger awhile in the company of dreamers, schoolmasters, travellers, and ghosts both merry and melancholy. This library stands ever open, its lamp lit, its pages turning, and its stories re...
Kip fires at the sun and lands on his back; you get Irving with his wig askew.
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Irving turns a comic voyage into a mock-heroic argument over Kip's Bay, Hell-gate, and civic legend.
Washington Irving shapes a voyage past Communipaw, Kip's Bay, Bellevue, and Hell-gate into a mock-heroic joke about how places acquire grand public stories.
Curious facts, kid-sized and quiz-ready.
A reading of Washington Irving's 'A History of New York' from the Knickerbocker perspective, reflecting on the golden reign of Wouter Van Twiller.
A reading of Chapter XIX from Washington Irving's Knickerbocker's History of New York, Volume 1, a humorous and nostalgic look at early New Amsterdam.
This episode reads Chapter VIII of Washington Irving's work, describing the early Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam and the building of a fort at Bowling Green.
A reading of Washington Irving's story about the evacuation of Communipaw, describing the bustling scene as residents pack their belongings into boats.
A reading of Washington Irving's satirical history of New York, focusing on the shipwreck of the Pavonians.
Washington Irving's Knickerbocker's History of New York follows Olaf, Van Cortlandt, and the Pavonians as they leave Communipaw by canoe to explore the waterways around early Manhattan.
The Washington Irving Library presents Washington Irving’s comic account of Henry Hudson’s 1609 voyage aboard the Half-Moon in search of a northwest passage to China.
The Washington Irving Library presents Washington Irving’s “Knickerbocker’s History of New York Vol.
The Washington Irving Library’s “Astoria Appendix” assembles an 1812 American Fur Company petition, Albert Gallatin’s 1835 letter to John Jacob Astor, and later commentary on western fur commerce.
Chapter 61 of Washington Irving's Astoria opens with Wilson Price Hunt arriving on the brig Peddler on February 28th and finding that Duncan MacDougall had been a North West Company partner since December 23rd.
This episode recounts a chapter from Washington Irving's 'Astoria' about a frontiersman's encounter with a grizzly bear and the desperate survival of explorers in the Rocky Mountains.
This episode reads Chapter 44 of Washington Irving's 'Astoria', detailing the hardships of Mr.
This episode reads Chapter 41 of Washington Irving's 'Astoria', detailing spring expeditions from the Astoria settlement to supply trading posts and send dispatches.
A reading of Washington Irving's 'Astoria' detailing the overland journey of an expedition beyond the Rocky Mountains in the early 1800s.
A reading of Washington Irving's 'Astoria' detailing the overland journey of explorers across the Rocky Mountains.