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The legend of Sleepy Hollow

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
Other Authors:	Grimly, Gris (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2007.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Ghosts > Juvenile fiction. New York (State) > Juvenile fiction. Ghost stories > Juvenile.
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Summary:	A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Audience:	005-009.
ISBN:	9781416906254 (hc.) 1416906258 (hc.) 9781428747548 (BWI bdg.) 1428747540 (BWI bdg.)
Author Notes:	Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an author best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" and traveled widely before settling down in the Hudson Valley in New York. Gris Grimly lives in Pasadena, California, where he runs the Mad Creator Studio. He is also the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling The Dangerous Alphabet by Neil Gaiman, Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. He also wrote and illustrated Gris Grimly's Wicked Nursery Rhymes. You can learn more about him at www.madcreator.com.