Three western narratives

Main Author:	Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : [New York] : Library of America ; Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam, c2004.
Series:	Library of America ; 146
Subjects:	Astor, John Jacob, > 1763-1848. Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de, > 1796-1878. Indians of North America > Oklahoma > History > 19th century. Overland journeys to the Pacific. Fur trade > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century. Explorers > West (U.S.) > Biography. West (U.S.) > History > To 1848. West (U.S.) > Description and travel. Oklahoma > Description and travel. Astoria (Or.) > History.

Physical Description:	998 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 988-998).
ISBN:	1931082537 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Washington Irving, one of the first Americans to achieve international recognition as an author, was born in New York City in 1783. His A History of New York, published in 1809 under the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker, was a satirical history of New York that spanned the years from 1609 to 1664. Under another pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, he wrote The Sketch-book, which included essays about English folk customs, essays about the American Indian, and the two American stories for which he is most renowned--"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." Irving served as a member of the U.S. legation in Spain from 1826 to 1829 and as minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. Following his return to the U.S. in 1846, he began work on a five-volume biography of Washington that was published from 1855-1859. Washington Irving died in 1859 in New York.