Washington Irving. Who was that man? Find out just a handful of reasons why we should all have his name on our lips ...
1. Washington Irving was named after the first official President of the United States of America. Born in 1783 in New York (the city that would loom large in his work), the American writer was named after the great American, George Washington.
Because Washington Irving was one of my favorite authors when I was a kid (the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow fame scared the bejeezus out of me, which was thrilling, and the notion of sleeping 20 years like Rip Van Winkle was kind of awesome), I wanted to share this fun post via the folks at Interesting Literature. And it is World Book Day in the UK today.
Enjoy!
Thanks Mary. I don’t know himn but this is my first time of getting to read about him. I’m grateful for the link.
I’m glad to be of help, Uzoma. Thank you for stopping by!
When you come visit me, we’ll go to Sunnyside. We’ve moved from Sleepy Hollow but only to the next town north, Ossining.
I completely forgot you were in that area now. I may just take you up on that come warm weather!
That WAS interesting. Who knew he invented Christmas?
I know. I wondered about that one, and someone did mention in the comments of the original post. My favorite was the “Knickerbocker” – “knickers” connection.