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WASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859)
SLEEPY HOLLOW
Written in 1820 by Washington Irving, Sleepy Hollow is one of the earliest examples of American fiction read today. The story is set in a 179o Dutch settlement in New York called Tarry Town in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a schoolmaster from Connecticut, who is pursued by the Headless Horseman, the ghost of a Hessian trooper whose head was shot off by a stray cannonball during a nameless battle during the Revolutionary War and who ''rides forth to the seen of battle in nightly quest for his head.''
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was based on a German folktale, set in the Dutch culture of Pre-Revolutionary War in New York State. The original folktale was recorded by Karl Musus. An excerpt of Musus: The headless horseman was often seen here. An old man who did not believe in ghosts told of meeting the headless horseman coming from his trip into the Hollow. The horseman made him climb up behind. They rode over bushes, hills, and swamps. When they reached the bridge, the horseman suddenly turned into a skeleton. He threw the old man into the brook and sprang away over the treetops with a clap of thunder.
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