Leonard Everett Fisher

One of the most popular pieces of American fiction is Washington Irving s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, originally published in 1820 in Irving s short story collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Set in New York s Hudson River valley after the American Revolution, it is rich with Dutch culture, regional history, and ghost stories. In schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and his adversary the Headless Horseman, Irving created two of the most unforgettable...

In 1718, off the coast of North Carolina, a young cabin boy assists in the final capture and execution of Blackbeard the pirate.

Washington Irving's Gothic tale of the perils of the human imagination is gently adapted for children and masterfully illustrated by Christian Birmingham. It also includes Irving's celebrated short story Rip Van Winkle. -- back cover The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman. The foolish school teacher, Ichabod Crane, is besotted with the...