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- Author: Washington Irving
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Year: 2017
- Pages: 220
- ISBN-10: 1542831954
- ISBN-13: 9781542831956
- Format: 20.3 x 25.4 x 1.2 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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Washington Irving, an author, biographer, historian, and diplomat, completed his first major work, a satire of contemporary local history and politics entitled A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker in 1809. Prior to its publication, Irving started a promotional hoax (not unlike some modern-day publicity stunts?) by placing fake missing persons advertisements in local newspapers asking for help in locating Diedrich Knickerbocker. As a continuation of the hoax, Irving also published a notice purported to be written by the proprietor of the hotel where Knickbocker was staying, in which he threatened to publish a manuscript "left behind" by Knickerbocker if the hotel bill was not paid.
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- Author: Washington Irving
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Year: 2017
- Pages: 220
- ISBN-10: 1542831954
- ISBN-13: 9781542831956
- Format: 20.3 x 25.4 x 1.2 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
Washington Irving, an author, biographer, historian, and diplomat, completed his first major work, a satire of contemporary local history and politics entitled A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker in 1809. Prior to its publication, Irving started a promotional hoax (not unlike some modern-day publicity stunts?) by placing fake missing persons advertisements in local newspapers asking for help in locating Diedrich Knickerbocker. As a continuation of the hoax, Irving also published a notice purported to be written by the proprietor of the hotel where Knickbocker was staying, in which he threatened to publish a manuscript "left behind" by Knickerbocker if the hotel bill was not paid.
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