The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories from the Sketch Book - Washington Irving

A sage storyteller, Irving created such staples of American fiction as Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. This collection contains dozens of travel essays, tales of romance, and literary musings. Features a new Introduction. Revised reissue. \nSage, storyteller, and wit, Washington Irving created such staples of American fiction as the stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. He earned his preeminence in early American literature with the masterpieces in miniature collected here: dozens of stories, travel essays, biographical discourses, and literary musings. His influence on American writers is unquestioned, wrote Edgar Allan Poe, and his stories have proved as enduring as the Catskill Mountains the author immortalized. \nExceptional talent....I am one of his most ardent admirers. I admired Mr. Irving's work so much, in fact, that I gave it the ultimate praise; I 'borrowed it.'--Edgar Allan Poe \n \nWith an Introduction by Wayne Franklin\n