The Knickerbocker
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The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, was a literary magazine of New York City, founded by Charles Fenno Hoffman in 1833, and published until 1865. Its long-term editor and publisher was Le
Knickerbocker Magazine Cover 1856
Diedrich Knickerbocker
Edward Hitchcock
View of Mount Etna by Thomas Cole
"Why did the chicken cross the road?" is a common riddle joke with the answer being "To get to the other side." It is an example of anti-humor, in that the curious setup of the joke leads the listener
The Knickerbocker
…considered one of the earliest proto-environmental magazines in the United States. The Knickerbocker printed the earliest-known reference to the joke "Why did the chicken cross the road?" In the early 1800s, the Reverend Edward Hitchcock came across a set of what appeared to him to be giant bird tracks. These later turned out to be…
Chickens in the road