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 Legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories : [The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent.]
 Author: Irving, Washington

 Publisher:  Penguin Books (2014)

 Dewey: 808
 Classification: Story Collection
 Physical Description: xxv, 368 p.,  20 cm

 BTSB No: 418811 ISBN: 9780143107538
 Ages: 16-18 Grades: 11-12

 Subjects:
 Irving, Washington, -- 1783-1859 -- Travel -- England -- Fiction
 Americans -- England -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
 Christmas -- England -- Fiction
 Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Fiction
 Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Fiction
 England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction

Price: $10.66

Summary:
The timeless collection that introduced Rip Van Winkle, Ichabod Crane, and the Headless Horseman Perhaps the marker of a true mythos is when the stories themselves overshadow their creator. Originally published under a pseudonym as The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories gave America its own haunted mythology.




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