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"Washington Irving was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.
Born: 3 April 1783, New York City.
Died: 28 November 1859, Tarrytown, New York, United States
Buried: 1 December 1859, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States and he also wrote many books.
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story of speculative fiction by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection many books and short stories entitled, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent..
and this story depend on The story is set in 1790 in the countryside around the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town (historical Tarrytown, New York), in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow is renowned for its ghosts and the haunting atmosphere that pervades the imaginations of its inhabitants and visitors. Some residents say this town was bewitched during the early days of the Dutch settlement. Other residents say an old Native "American chief", the wizard of his tribe, held his powwows here before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson. The most infamous spectre in the Hollow is the Headless Horseman, said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper that had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during "some nameless battle" of the American Revolutionary War, and who "rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head".and this is the best story.and also many more in this story like The "Legend" relates the tale of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the hand of '18-year-old'Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and sole child of a wealthy farmer, Baltus Van Tassel. Crane, a Yankee and an outsider, sees marriage to Katrina as a means of procuring Van Tassel's extravagant wealth, Bones, the local hero, vies with Ichabod for Katrina's hand, playing a series of pranks on the jittery schoolmaster, and the fate of Sleepy Hollow's fortune" weighs in the balance" for some time. The tension between the three is soon brought to a head. On a placid autumn night, the ambitious Crane attends a harvest party at the Van Tassels' homestead. He dances, partakes in the feast, and listens to ghostly legends told by Brom and the locals, but his true aim is to propose to Katrina after the guests leave. His intentions, however, are ill-fated.hew wrote many books in that time.which all are famous in all time "

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• Publication Date: September 16, 2017
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• Print Length: 34 Pages
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