In his work History of New York (1809), this author Americanized Sinterklaas into Santa Claus and depicted him as a thick-bellied Dutch sailor with a pipe in a green winter coat.
- Washington Irving
- Theodore Dreiser
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Edgar Allan Poe
Answer
The correct answer is A) Washington Irving.
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