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Knickerbocker or Knickerbockers may also refer to:
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Harmen Jansen Knickerbocker was a Dutch colonist associated with the settlements of Albany, Schaghticoke, Red Hook and Tivoli and in New Netherland.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, was a literary magazine of New York City, founded by Charles Fenno Hoffman in 1833, and published until 1865. Its long-term editor and publisher was Lewis Gaylord Clark, whose "Editor's Table" column was a staple of the magazine.
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., commonly referred to as The Sketch Book, is a collection of 34 essays and short stories written by the American author Washington Irving. It was published serially throughout 1819 and 1820. The collection includes two of Irving's best-known stories, attributed to the fictional Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". It also marks Irving's first use of the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon, which he would continue to employ throughout his literary career.
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The Knickerbocker Group was a somewhat indistinct group of 19th-century American writers. Its most prominent members included Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper and William Cullen Bryant. Each was a pioneer in general literature—novels, poetry and journalism.
Cholly Knickerbocker is a pseudonym used by a series of society columnists writing for papers including the New York American and its successor, the New York Journal-American.
A History of New York, subtitled From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, is an 1809 literary parody on the early history of New York City by Washington Irving. Originally published under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, later editions that acknowledged Irving's authorship were printed as Knickerbocker's History of New York.
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- ↑ Riis, Jacob (1890). "I. Genesis of the Tenement". How the Other Half Lives . New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. (at Wikisource: How the Other Half Lives – Chapter I)
- ↑ Burrows, Edwin; Wallace, Mike. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. Oxford University Press. pp. Chapter 28. ISBN 978-0195140491.
- ↑ "Brianna Knickerbocker". IMDb .
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