The legend of sleepy hollow and other stories the sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent

Main Author:	Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Other Authors:	Springer, Haskell S.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Penguin Books, 1999, c1988.
Series:	Penguin classics
Subjects:	Irving, Washington, > 1783-1859 > Travel > England. Authors, American > 19th century > Travel > England. Americans > Travel > England > History > 19th century > Fiction. Fantasy fiction, American. England > Social life and customs > 19th century. Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) > Fiction. Short stories.

Item Description:	"This collection under the title The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. edited by Haskell S. Springer first published in the United States of America by Twayne Publishers, a division of G.K. Hall & Co. 1978; published with an introduction and notes by William L. Hedges in Penguin Books 1988"--T.p verso. "The text of this edition was approved by the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association"--Cover.
Physical Description:	xxi, 339 p. ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:	Bibliography: p. 337-339.
ISBN:	014043769X (pbk.) :
Author Notes:	Washington Irving, one of the first Americans to achieve international recognition as an author, was born in New York City in 1783. His A History of New York, published in 1809 under the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker, was a satirical history of New York that spanned the years from 1609 to 1664. Under another pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, he wrote The Sketch-book, which included essays about English folk customs, essays about the American Indian, and the two American stories for which he is most renowned--"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." 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.