| Description |
59 v. : ill. |
| Current Frequency |
Monthly |
| Publication Date |
Vol. 2, no. 1 (July 1833)- |
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Ceased in 1862 with v. 60. |
| Series |
Library of American civilization ; LAC 31305-18.
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| Note |
Title from caption. |
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Originally called the Knickerbacker, this magazine's first editor, Charles Fenno Hoffman, was succeeded after three months by S.D. Langtree. In May, 1834, it was purchased by Lewis Gaylord Clark and Clement M. Edson, who raised the circulation to 5,000 in less than three years ... Much attention was paid to the West; James Hall, Mrs. Kirkland, and Albert Pike were frequent contributors, along with "Ned Buntline". H.R. Schoolcraft had a series on the Lake Superior region and there was much on western travel. Humor was very important in the Knickerbocker and the "Editor's table" contributed much to humor. Travel, both foreign and domestic, is given some coverage, as well as some discussion of science in the thirties and some mention of politics. By 1850 it had plainly deteriorated. Clark retired from the editorship in 1861 and after this the magazine underwent several changes: Charles Godfrey Leland made it a republican monthly in 1861, in 1862 it again became nonpartisan; then John Holmes Agnew make it into an organ of the Democratic party. |
| Indexed In: |
Poole's index to periodical literature |
| Reproduction |
Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources, 1970. 14 microfiches ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 31305-18) |
| Key Title |
The Knickerbocker |
| Continues |
Knickerbacker
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| Continued By |
Knickerbocker monthly
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