Washington Irving

88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress

2012-07-04 16:36:52

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Book review: 'The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens'

2012-04-08 00:00:00

The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens Edited by Jenny Hartley Oxford University Press: 458 pp., $34.95 This is the bicentennial year of Charles Dickens' birth. We need no reminder of his eminence as novelist, but there are celebrations of his other...

2 shot in apparent assault-rifle attack in Cypress Park

2012-01-11 16:35:11

The Bracebridge Dinner in Yosemite

2011-11-28 16:33:03

School named for Sandra Cisneros to open in Echo Park

2011-06-28 16:34:36

Wicked Lit: Eternal resting plays

2010-10-29 16:35:12

'Wild Child: And Other Stories' by T.C. Boyle

2010-01-31 00:00:00

Wild Child And Other Stories T. C. Boyle Viking: 320 pp., $25.95 In "Thirteen Hundred Rats," one of the 14 stories in the latest collection from the seemingly inexhaustible T.C. Boyle, a recent widower finds himself the owner of a python. He's...

Astral Weeks: 'Another conversation bleeds into yours'

2009-11-29 00:00:00

While assembling my notes for a review of the Library of America anthology "American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny" (Library of America, two volumes, edited by Peter Straub: "From Poe to the Pulps," 746 pp., $35; "From the 1940s to Now," 714 pp....

Book review: 'Fur, Fortune, and Empire'

2010-07-25 00:00:00

Fur, Fortune, and Empire The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America Eric Jay Dolin W.W. Norton, 444 pp., $29.95 In "Company of Adventurers," the first of a three-part history of the Hudson's Bay Co., Peter C. Newman wrote: "Seldom has an animal...

Follow the links to spooky Halloween sites

2007-10-28 00:00:00

We're in the Halloween spirit, so we took a look at some websites, such as www.haunted-places.com and www.headlesshorseman.co.uk, that help travelers tune in to ghostly -- or ghastly -- fun. What's hot: Haunted Places has lists and some tales of spooky...

What's in a name? Clues to a city's past

2007-06-03 00:00:00

Every city has a story to tell — and in Los Angeles County, that means 88 of them. Los Angeles incorporated in 1850, becoming the first city in the county. The most recent was Calabasas, incorporated in 1991. Many cities were carved out of...

Bring your latte and join us in the 'hood

2008-11-24 00:00:00

In response to Matthew DeBord's Nov. Nov. 16 Op-Ed article on moving to Glassell Park, "The gang’s all here,” I'd like to say to him: Yes! The gang is all here! So far, DeBord and his family have had the luxury, but perhaps lonely experience,...

This iconic town has the Headless Horseman to thank for its notoriety. Stop at the Old Dutch Burying Ground and search for the tombstones of characters that inspired Washington Irving .

2011-10-26 10:41:00

This iconic town has the Headless Horseman to thank for its notoriety. Stop at the Old Dutch Burying Ground and search for the tombstones of characters that inspired Washington Irving .

2011-10-26 10:41:00

The Mountain House bookstore in Nevada City features literary rarities including a 21-volume, 1860 edition of Washington Irving's works.

2005-11-03 15:27:28