United States Ambassadors to Spain - Washington Irving, Hannibal Hamlin, Charles Pinckney, James Russell Lowell, Carl Schurz, Daniel Sickles (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 65. Chapters: Washington Irving, Hannibal Hamlin, Charles Pinckney, James Russell Lowell, Carl Schurz, Daniel Sickles, United States Ambassador to Spain, Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., Henry Clay Ide, Horacio Rivero, Jr., Norman Armour, Caleb Cushing, David Humphreys, John P. Hale, Robert F. Wagner, Jr., Arthur Sherburne Hardy, Lucius Fairchild, Carlton J. H. Hayes, Ogden H. Hammond, Irwin B. Laughlin, Augustus C. Dodge, Thomas W. Palmer, William T. Barry, John Eaton, Eduardo Aguirre, Claude Bowers, John Davis Lodge, John Forsyth, William Miller Collier, George Argyros, Terence Todman, Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, Pierre Soule, Robert F. Woodward, William Carmichael, John W. Foster, Gustav Korner, Robert C. Hill, Thomas O. Enders, Richard N. Gardner, William Preston, Stewart L. Woodford, Cornelius P. Van Ness, Perry Belmont, Alexander Hill Everett, Daniel Moreau Barringer, Romulus Mitchell Saunders, Bellamy Storer, William Short, Alan Solomont, Hugh Nelson, Joseph Edward Willard, James Clement Dunn, Reginald Bartholomew, Alexander Pollock Moore, Alexander W. Weddell, Aaron Vail. Excerpt: Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," 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 also served as the U.S. minister 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 ...