035 Historic Hudson Valley and Washington Irving

Published: June 23, 2015, 5 a.m.

Washington Irving was an historian and writer. Some historians and biographers have called him the first great American author.\xa0

Today, Michael Lord, Director of Education at Historic Hudson Valley, joins us to explore the life of Washington Irving, his home, Sunnyside, and the historic Hudson Valley region that he immortalized in stories such as Diedrich Knickerbocker\u2019s History of New York, \u201cThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow,\u201d and \u201cRip Van Winkle.\u201d

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