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Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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Product Description
One day Rip Van Winkle goes to the mountains with his dog, but who are the strange old men there? Why are they there and what are they drinking? In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane is a teacher who likes ghost stories. Are there really ghosts at Sleepy Hollow and will Ichabod see one of them? Classic American short stories by Washington Irving (1783-1859).
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #7674429 in Books
- Published on: 1970-03
- Original language: English
- Binding: School & Library Binding
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About the Author
Washington Irving, one of the first Americans to achieve international recognition as an author, was born in New York City in 1783. His A History of New York, published in 1809 under the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker, was a satirical history of New York that spanned the years from 1609 to 1664. Under another pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, he wrote The Sketch-book, which included essays about English folk customs, essays about the American Indian, and the two American stories for which he is most renowned--"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." Irving served as a member of the U.S. legation in Spain from 1826 to 1829 and as minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. Following his return to the U.S. in 1846, he began work on a five-volume biography of Washington that was published from 1855-1859. Washington Irving died in 1859 in New York.
