![]() ![]() ![]() Irving, like many of his characters, also had his share of darkness and grief.Ībove:caricature of Irving by David Levine ![]() If he wasn't reading about the journeys of others, he was crafting his own in his mind's eye. Named after Revolutionary War hero and President #1 George Washington, (whom Irving actually met), Irving craved action and adventure from an early age. it's quite the process!) in January of 2012.Ī reader could find many commonalities between Washington Irving and his characters. ** This is a republishing of a blog post I originally wrote for my old Blogger book blog (I still have a number of posts stored over there that I haven't moved over here yet. ![]()
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