The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Spectre Bridegroom.Three Fabulous Ghost Stories from the "Sketch Book": With Numerous Contemporary Il (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783750409835)

Along with "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially because of a character known as the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a cannonball in battle. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" relates the tale of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and sole child of wealthy farmer Baltus Van Tassel. Ichabod Crane, a Yankee and an outsider, sees marriage to Katrina as a means of procuring Van Tassel's extravagant wealth ...

Author: Washington Irving
ISBN-10: 3750409838
ISBN-13: 9783750409835
Publisher: Books on Demand
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2020
Pages: 102
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.24d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 139724 / Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle