“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

Cultural

(1819) A story by Washington Irving. Its central character, Ichabod Crane, is a vain and cowardly teacher and the rival in love of Brom Bones. Bones terrorizes Crane by disguising himself as a legendary headless horseman.

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Like most young people of their time, the sisters also grew up with popular ghost stories like author Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and Methodist founder John Wesley’s family haunt, “Old Jeffrey.”

From Literature

The Post likened him to Ichabod Crane, the fictional schoolmaster in the Washington Irving short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

From The Wall Street Journal

As the town featured in Washington Irving’s famous novel “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” we think it’s safe to say that Sleepy Hollow takes fall very seriously.

From MarketWatch

An afternoon trip to Washington Irving’s Sunnyside Estate is an experience through which you can both admire some beautiful architecture, but also have the chance to see the entirety of the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” exhibit that’s on permanent display in the house.

From MarketWatch

When she was 7 years old, Ms. Cara sang with her father’s band at nightclubs and landed a part in an off-Broadway show based on “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” — while also rearranging parts of her last name into a shortened version, Cara.

From Washington Post

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