George Washington: A Biography, Paperback - Washington Irving

Reducere. Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (published in five volumes in 1856-59) was the product of his last years and remains his most persona...

Reducere. With earnest sentimentality, Old Christmas by the prolific author Washington Irving spreads a simple message of joy as it provides a descriptive na...

Reducere. DescriptionBeginning with the chilling preface, "Found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker." Washington Irving's classic short stor...

Reducere. DescriptionGEORGE WASHINGTONGeorge Washington lived an incredible life, during a time that can be hard to comprehend. This book details the life of...

Reducere. Compiled during a three-month stay in Granada, Spain, Tales of the Alhambra assembles descriptions, myths, and narratives of historical events. Aft...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Washington IrvingIslamic rule, though fragmented, extended over the bulk of Iberia for centuries, even as Christian warlord...

Rip Van Winkle is an easy-going Dutch American settler living in New York. Though he is happy to help his friends, Rip Van Winkle is unmotivated to...

First published in 1820, The Christmas Dinner is a charming tale that paints the scene of a Christmas dinner spent at the table of Bracebridge Hall...

When Ichabod Crane, an awkward and superstitious schoolteacher, moves to the town of Sleepy Hollow for work, he at first earns attention only from ...

There is a sequestered glen off the east coast of the Hudson, New York state, which has long continued under the sway of some witching power; the n...

Reducere. The life of George Washington for kids--a story about fighting for independence and building a countryGeorge Washington became the first president ...

DescriptionUpon his 1829 arrival in Granada, Spain, American author Washington Irving was immediately charmed by the city's beauty and picturesque ...

When it comes to the Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton are generally considered the great minds of earl...

Reducere. A sleepy little town is famous for its legend of the Headless Horseman and other specters. Ichabod Crane, the town's new school teacher, is fond of...

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Reducere. Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the earl...

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Reducere. Washington Irving's classic, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, " has been making spines tingle since 1820 Irving tapped into a timeless fear: the prosp...

DescriptionTravel back in time to the days before the American Revolution, when Dutch settlers populated the little towns along the Hudson River an...

Reducere. Hercules Mulligan was a master spy who answered to George Washington, being instrumental to saving the revolutionary leader from capture during the...

Reducere. The quintessential American writer, Washington Irving emerged as the country's first popular author with such beloved nineteenth-century short stor...

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Reducere. CULLED FROM the six volumes of The Diaries of George Washington completed in 1979, this selection of entries chosen by retired Washington Papers ed...

DescriptionExcerpt from Introduction by Marcia Lynn McClure: My soul respires autumn I sort of have the feeling, as I introduce you to "The Legend ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book, with a Foreword by best-selling author Caroline Myss, is a fascinating example of channeled literature, adding a very human p...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving

By far the most important figure in the history of the United States, George Washington liberated the thirteen colonies from the superior forces of...

Reducere. Compiled during a three-month stay in Granada, Spain, Tales of the Alhambra assembles descriptions, myths, and narratives of historical events. Aft...

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Reducere. In her form-shattering and myth-crushing book....Coe examines myths with mirth, and writes history with humor... [You Never Forget Your First] is a...

His formal schooling abruptly cut off at age eleven, George Washington saw his boyhood dream of joining the British army evaporate and recognized t...

DescriptionClassic / American English Rip Van Winkle walks into the mountains one day and meets some strange old men. He comes home twenty years la...

Reducere. DescriptionGeorge Washington Carver worked to become a top agricultural scientist-and used his knowledge to better the lives of poor farmers.Fact-f...

Reducere. With his beloved Gothic tales, Washington Irving is said to have created the genre of the short story in America. Though Irving crafted many of the...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short story of speculative fiction by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays ...

Description"The only Washington biography you need."--Wall Street Journal As editor of the award-winning Library of America collection of George Wa...

Part of a series which covers the eight precedent-setting years of Washington's presidency and his brief retirement. Volume three covers most of th...

The Alhambra: a series of tales and sketches of the Moors and Spaniards was published in May 1832, Consisting of a series of essays and short ficti...

Reducere. "Up from Slavery" is the autobiography of Booker T. Washington sharing his personal experience of having to work to rise up from the position of a ...

DescriptionThis 1893 reprint is largely devoted to Washington s life during the American Revolution, however, the main purpose according to the aut...

Volume 13 of the ""Revolutionary War Series"" documents a crucial portion of the winter encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, when the fate of ...

Reducere. Discover how George Washington Carver went from a slave to an innovator of agricultural science in this luminously illustrated picture book. Born a...