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Author: Kevin Ambrose
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ISBN: 9780963950253
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Family stories about the Knickerbocker Theatre roof crash of 1922.
Author: Kevin Ambrose
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ISBN: 9780963950253
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Family stories about the Knickerbocker Theatre roof crash of 1922.
Author: Kevin Ambrose
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625171692
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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On the evening of January 28, 1922, several hundred people fought their way through the greatest snowstorm in Washington’s history to see a show at the Knickerbocker Theater, the city’s largest and most modern moving picture theater of the time. Unbeknownst to the theater patrons, the Knickerbocker Theater’s flat roof was tremendously burdened by the weight of the snow. During the show’s intermission, the snow-covered roof crashed down upon the crowd. As the roof fell, it collapsed the theater’s balcony and pulled down portions of the surrounding brick walls, killing 98 people and injuring 133. Some of Washington’s prominent politicians and business owners were among the casualties. The disaster ranks as one of Washington’s worst in history, and the snowstorm continues to hold the record for Washington’s single greatest snowfall.
Author: Andrew Burstein
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0786722223
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Washington Irving-author, ambassador, Manhattanite, and international celebrity-has largely slipped from America's memory, and yet, his creations are still very well known. With a historian's eye for scope and significance, Andrew Burstein returns Irving to the context of his native nineteenth century where he was a major celebrity-both a colorful comic genius and the first name in our national literature. Though he gave his young nation such enduring tales as “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle,” he was far more than one of our nation's most outsized literary talents. Irving was an American original and a citizen of the world.
Author: Washington Irving
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Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Author: Washington Irving
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
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This carefully crafted ebook: "Knickerbocker's History of New York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty (Classic Unabridged Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Knickerbocker's History of New York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty is a work of history, disguised as satire, which was published in 1809 by the American writer Washington Irving under the pseudonym Dietrich Knickerbocker. The full title of the work is "A history of New York, from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty. Containing, among many surprising and curious matters, the unutterable ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the disastrous projects of William the Testy, and the chivalric achievements of Peter the Headstrong, the three Dutch governors of New Amsterdam: being the only authentic history of the times that ever hath been published." Irving draws an unflattering image of the settlers of the colony New Nederland and the Dutch are drawn as lazy pipe smokers of little minds. The work is considered a satire on the political leadership of the United States. Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 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. Irving served as the U.S. ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846.
Author: Вашингтон Ирвинг
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040824955
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 471
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Author: Washington Irving
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Author: Washington Irving
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Author: Washington Irving
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Author: Washington Irving
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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