The Crayon Papers

1835, 1855. Washington Irving was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through his writings and is considered to be the Father of the American Short Story. The Crayon Papers Partial Contents include: Mountjoy; The Great Mississippi Bubble; The Seminoles; The Widow's Ordeal; and A Contented Man. Partial Contents of Wolfert's Roost include: A Chronicle of Wolfert's Roost; The Enchanted Island; The Bermudas; and Count Van Horn. See other Irving titles available from Kessinger Publishing.