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Washington Irving (1783–1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the 19th century. He is best known for his short stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of George Washington and Oliver Goldsmith, and several histories of 15th-century Spain, dealing with subjects such as the Moors and the Alhambra....
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Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "THE COLLECTED HISTORICAL WORKS OF WASHINGTON IRVING (Illustrated Edition”.
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INTRODUCTION
SPEECH: NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 18, 1842 by Charles Dickens
BIOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON IRVING by Charles Dudley Warne
A TOUR ON THE PRAIRIES
THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE
ASTORIA
CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA
LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH
LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
THE STUDENT'S...
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George Washington (1732-1799) was the first President of the United States (1789-97), the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He presided over the convention that drafted the United States Constitution, which replaced the Articles of Confederation and remains the supreme law of the land. Washington was born into the provincial gentry of Colonial Virginia,...
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