The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle

By Washington Irving

$4.00

Publication Date: 1st December 1995

Here are two favorite stories by “the father of American literature” exactly as Washington Irving wrote them, newly reset in easy-to-read type, with six handsome new illustrations. Once again in these pages, Ichabod Crane, the hapless schoolmaster of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, faces the terror of the Headless Horseman; and the henpecked husband of Rip van Winkle rises from a 20-year sleep to find a world vastly changed. Children and adults alike will enjoy the humor and suspense of these two beloved classics of American literature.

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Here are two favorite stories by “the father of American literature” exactly as Washington Irving wrote them, newly reset in easy-to-read type, with six handsome new illustrations. Once again in these pages, Ichabod Crane, the hapless schoolmaster of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, faces the terror of the Headless Horseman; and the henpecked husband of Rip van Winkle rises from a 20-year sleep to find a world vastly changed. Children and adults alike will enjoy the humor and suspense of these two beloved classics of American literature.

Reprint of two s... Read More
Description
Here are two favorite stories by “the father of American literature” exactly as Washington Irving wrote them, newly reset in easy-to-read type, with six handsome new illustrations. Once again in these pages, Ichabod Crane, the hapless schoolmaster of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, faces the terror of the Headless Horseman; and the henpecked husband of Rip van Winkle rises from a 20-year sleep to find a world vastly changed. Children and adults alike will enjoy the humor and suspense of these two beloved classics of American literature.

Reprint of two stories from The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., A. and W. Galignani, Paris, 1824 edition.
Details
  • Price: $4.00
  • Pages: 80
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Children's Thrift Classics
  • Publication Date: 1st December 1995
  • Trim Size: 5 x 8 in
  • ISBN: 9780486288284
  • Format: Paperback
  • Age: 8-14
  • BISACs:
    JUVENILE FICTION / Classics
    JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General
Author Bio
Author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, Washington Irving (1783–1859) is best known as the creator of "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." One of America's first bestselling writers to achieve international acclaim, Irving served as U. S. Ambassador to Spain from 1842–46.
Here are two favorite stories by “the father of American literature” exactly as Washington Irving wrote them, newly reset in easy-to-read type, with six handsome new illustrations. Once again in these pages, Ichabod Crane, the hapless schoolmaster of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, faces the terror of the Headless Horseman; and the henpecked husband of Rip van Winkle rises from a 20-year sleep to find a world vastly changed. Children and adults alike will enjoy the humor and suspense of these two beloved classics of American literature.

Reprint of two stories from The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., A. and W. Galignani, Paris, 1824 edition.
  • Price: $4.00
  • Pages: 80
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Children's Thrift Classics
  • Publication Date: 1st December 1995
  • Trim Size: 5 x 8 in
  • ISBN: 9780486288284
  • Format: Paperback
  • Age: 8-14
  • BISACs:
    JUVENILE FICTION / Classics
    JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General
Author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, Washington Irving (1783–1859) is best known as the creator of "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." One of America's first bestselling writers to achieve international acclaim, Irving served as U. S. Ambassador to Spain from 1842–46.