[DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #5690, aired 2009-05-08 [PAR] In 2008 David Gregory became moderator of this NBC Sunday morning news 
show .... During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies 
of Naval commanders... [DOC] [TLE] Washington Irving - Wikipedia [PAR] Washington Irving (April 3, 1783  November 28, 1859) was an American short 
story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century
. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The ... The 
Irving family settled in Manhattan, New York City, and was part of the city's small,
... [DOC] [TLE] Washington Irving - Elida Local Schools [PAR] Made a colonel in the New York State Militia during the War of 1812; worked as 
editor ... his own biographical sketches of American naval officers; While traveling 
in Europe he met Sir Walter Scott, the most popular European author of the era, 
who ... Created the archetypal figure of the successful failure in Rip Van Winkle,
... [DOC] [TLE] 8:47 AM - Hedaruwa.blogspot.com [PAR] Feb 17, 2013 ... In the War of 1812 he wrote biographies of naval commanders and was ... The 
first number of this series contained Rip Van Winkle and three other ... and Rip 
Van Winkle, in brief, in the author's inimitable and finished style. [DOC] [TLE] From Beyond the Grave and Across the Ocean: Washington Irving ... [PAR] But Irving was still Knickerbocker, the pseudonymous author of the History, too 
acute an ... The last naval biography, of Captain Porter, appeared in September 
1814 and ... in two stories directly attributed to him ('Rip van Winkle' and 'The 
Legend of ... the Analectic Magazine, but presented here as though written by 
Crayon. [DOC] [TLE] Washington Irving Archives - Headless Horseman Blog [PAR] Jul 27, 2016 ... Commander Alexander Slidell Mackenzie was born in New York City and began 
his ... Irving would generously assist the younger author in producing a ... Irving 
wrote to his friend that these changes were petty corrections which will ... victor 
of the decisive naval Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. [DOC] [TLE] UNIT 1 Washington Irving [PAR] Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his .... 
editor of Analectic magazine, where he wrote biographies of naval heroes like ... 
and New Yorkers, Irving originally opposed the War of 1812, but the British ... 
Like many successful authors of this era, Irving struggled against literary 
bootleggers. [DOC] [TLE] Tarrytown Archives - Headless Horseman Blog [PAR] Jul 27, 2016 ... Commander Alexander Slidell Mackenzie was born in New York City and began 
his ... Irving would generously assist the younger author in producing a ... Irving 
wrote to his friend that these changes were petty corrections which will ... victor 
of the decisive naval Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. [DOC] [TLE] Find A Grave - Bronx [PAR] Records 81 - 100 ... Author. Born in New York City, New York, he was the grandson of ... He then 
enlisted in the United States Navy in 1898. ... He began his Civil War service as 
the Sergeant Major of the 71st New York ... Appointed its Colonel and 
commander, he led the unit at the April 1862 ... and "Rip Van Winkle" (1920). [DOC] [TLE] Washington Irving Whims, Tales, and Sketches - The Magazinist [PAR] In 1819 Washington Irving wrote to Walter Scott, I am unfitted for any ... when he 
called Irving the first author in the United States whose writings ..... was 
published in early 1812, just about the same time that Congress declared war on 
Great Britain ... biographical sketches of American naval commanders, an 
announcement... [DOC] [TLE] Washington Irving (April 3, 1783  November 28, 1859) [PAR] Aug 12, 2013 ... He also wrote a five volume biography of George Washington before ... He was 
inspired to write Rip Van Winkle after visiting the Catskill mountains where he 
wrote ... for Analectic Magazine writing biographies of naval heroes and was ... 
opposed

Question: During the War of 1812 this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of naval commanders
Answer: (Washington) Irving