The Heart that Would Not Hold Nicholas L. Caverly Contributors include Jorge I

Contributors include Jorge I

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The Heart that Would Not Hold Nicholas L. Caverly Contributors include Jorge IJohnston's biography traces the turbulent life of early American writer, Washington Irving, from the tragic death of his first love to his past as the Ambassador to Spain. America's first literary sophisticate, Irving was endowed with a brittle wit, a maddening detachment, a fanciful imagination, and an integrity that would not succumb to flattery or falsehood. He was a true romantic in an America which rewarded and applauded him, but was already too