Knickerbocker The Myth behind New York by Elizabeth L. Bradley PAPERBACK

KnickerbockerThe Myth Behind New York\nAuthor(s): Elizabeth L. Bradley\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780813594255, 978-0813594255\nSynopsis\nBradley's stunning volume offers a surprising and delightful glimpse behind the scenes of New York history, and invites readers into the world of Diedrich Knickerbocker, the antihero who surprised everyone by becoming the standard-bearer for the city's exceptional sense of self, or what we now call a New York \""attitude.\""\n\n A 2010 AAUP Best of the Best title\n\n A briskly engaging book. -Christopher Benfey, New York Review of Books\n\n This is cultural history at its best. -Journal of American Culture\n\n Elizabeth L. Bradley sorts, catalogues and deciphers the shifting Knickerbocker currents in a metropolis constantly reinventing itself. She does the sturdy Dutchman proud in a scholarly and polished rendition. -Star-Ledger\n\n Bradley creates an engaging am