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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Great Classics Illustrated)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Great Classics Illustrated Author:Washington Irving, Arthur Rackham (Illustrator) In Sleepy Hollow you will meet Ichobad Crane, the village schoolteacher and singing master, who delights the villagers with his stories of New England witchcraft and dire omens. You will become acquainted with Katrina van Tassel, the rosy-cheeked young daughter of a wealthy Dutch farmer. And you will certainly become acquainted with the headless... more » horseman, known by some as the Galloping Hessian, who is frequently sighted as he rides through the countryside in search of his head which he lost in battle during the Revolutionary War.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which is today considered a classic in American literature, was written in 1820 by Washington Irving. Eighty-five years later Arthur Rackham, a well-known British artist, did the marvelous illustrations that appear in this book.« less