"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story of speculative fiction by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was first published in 1820. Along with Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during the Halloween season.

Product Description: In 1832, Washington Irving, America’s first literary superstar, returned to the United States after seventeen years abroad and swiftly set out to explore Pawnee country—the wild uncharted territory deep in the young nation’s interior...read more

Product Description: Policy analyst and speechwriter Jones traces the life of America's first bona-fide best-selling author.

Product Description: Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Washington Irving, entre Manhattan y La Alhambra / Washington Irving, Between Manhattan and the AlhambraAuthor: De Calera, AntonioPublisher: Almuzara Estudios S APublication Date: 2010/10/28Number of Pages: 246Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress:...read more

Product Description: In The Sketch-Book (1820-21), Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions. In two sketches, he experiments with tales transplanted from Europe, thereby creating the first classic American short stories, Rip Van Winkle, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow...read more

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, and Other Stories” is a volume of essays and short stories by Washington Irving that were first published serially between 1819 and 1820 and was originally collected as “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.” It includes some of the works for which would establish Irving as one of the preeminent American authors of his day and cement his literary legacy. The most famous of the works in this volume are arguably “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle.” The first is the story of Ichabod Crane, a schoolmaster from Connecticut who has moved to the New York countryside settlement of Tarry Town whose secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow is haunted by an infamous spectre, the Headless Horseman. The second story “Rip Van Winkle” tells the tale of a Dutch-American villager living during the time of the American Revolution who mysteriously falls asleep in New York’s Catskill Mountains only to discover when he awakes that many years have passed and much has changed. Along with these two classic tales thirty-two other stories and essays are included. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper, includes an introduction by Charles Addison Dawson, and a preface by the author.

Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more

A look at the life of the author, historian, and ambassador covers his time overseas, career, travels, and influence, and places him squarely within the historical context that helped define him and his work.

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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A compilation of Washington Irving's stories, essays, and travelogues includes ""Rip Van Winkle"" and ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."".

Product Description: Washington Irving fue el primer escritor norteamericano que adquirio en su epoca fama internacional. Entre 1826 y 1829 ocupo el puesto de agregado de la embajada en Espana. Fruto de esta experiencia fueron algunas obras de tema espanol, como una biografia sobre Cristobal Colon, y los populares ""Cuentos de la Alhambra"", narraciones de historias tradicionales espanolas, de una imaginacion encantadora...read more

Presents three compelling portraits of the early American frontier by the author of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' including A Tour on the Prairie, an account of his odyssey through modern-day Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, as well as Astoria, about John Jacob Astor, and The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, a saga of the exploration of the Far West.