Rip Van Winkle
A retelling of the tale in which a man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.
Main Author: | Moses, Will. |
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Other Authors: | Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. |
Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Philomel Books,
1999.
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Subjects: |
Summary: |
A retelling of the tale in which a man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world. |
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Physical Description: |
1 v. : ill. |
ISBN: |
0399231528 |
Author Notes: |
Irving served as a member of the U.S. legation in Spain from 1826 to 1829 and as minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. Following his return to the U.S. in 1846, he began work on a five-volume biography of Washington that was published from 1855-1859. Washington Irving died in 1859 in New York. |