The Washington Irving Collection: Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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Washington Irving was the first internationally recaognized American writer, contributing highly popular works that had been continuously in print for over two centuries. Irving’s ability to bring characters to life through vivid descriptions gave the two stories included here their immortality.
Washington Irving
Washington Irving Was born in New York City in 1783. He lived in the United States, England, and Spain (where he served as an American diplomatic attache). A prolific author, Irving wrote The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New York, The Alhambra, and biographies of George Washington and Christopher Columbus, among other works. He is best remembered, however, for his two most famous stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle."
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