The Adventures of Captain Bonneville de Washington Irving

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville

Washington Irving

The amount of fame that Benjamin Bonneville received during his lifetime is owed to this work, presented and authored by Washington Irving in 1837. The biography of Captain Bonneville provides an amazing account during his expeditions and adventures as a captain of the United States Army, providing a grand historical account as he explored the uncharted regions of the Rocky Mountains and his encounters with not only the various Native tribes in the country, but famous historical figures as Robert Campbell and Nez Perce. These adventures detail accounts of death, hunger, and the dangers of ambush but also depict the legends and tales of brave Indians the strange mysteries of an unknown landscape. We here learn of the wars between Natives and the battles between trappers and hunters. This volume is indeed a historical treasure.

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Express

Paperback (7)

93^.18 lei 3-5 săpt.

–

93^.18 lei 3-5 săpt.

CREATESPACE –

154^.23 lei 3-5 săpt.

CREATESPACE –

160^.94 lei 3-5 săpt.

Lulu.Com – 25 iul 2018

104^.66 lei 6-8 săpt.

Book Jungle – 7 iun 2009

196^.32 lei 6-8 săpt.

Kessinger Publishing – 24 sep 2009

199^.70 lei 38-45 zile

Harrison Press – 28 oct 2007

274^.66 lei 6-8 săpt.

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Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of George Washington, Oliver Goldsmith and Muhammad, and several histories of 15th-century Spain dealing with subjects such as Christopher Columbus, the Moors and the Alhambra. Irving served as the U.S. ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846. He made his literary debut in 1802 with a series of observational letters to the Morning Chronicle, written under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle. After moving to England for the family business in 1815, he achieved international fame with the publication of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. in 1819-20. He continued to publish regularly - and almost always successfully - throughout his life, and just eight months before his death (at age 76, in Tarrytown, New York), completed a five-volume biography of George Washington. Irving, along with James Fenimore Cooper, was among the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and Irving encouraged American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Edgar Allan Poe. Irving was also admired by some European writers, including Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Thomas Campbell, Francis Jeffrey, and Charles Dickens. As America's first genuine internationally best-selling author, Irving advocated for writing as a legitimate profession, and argued for stronger laws to protect American writers from copyright infringement.