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Two tales Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

These two most popular of Irving's tales are presented as first published in 1819-20.

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Main Author:	Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
Other Authors:	Moser, Barry (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1986], c1984.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Short stories > Juvenile. New York (State) > Fiction.
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Summary:	These two most popular of Irving's tales are presented as first published in 1819-20.
Item Description:	Previously published under title: Rip Van Winkle and The legend of Sleepy Hollow. West Hatfield, Mass. : Pennyroyal Editions, 1984.
Physical Description:	xvii, 54 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 28 cm.
ISBN:	0151922802
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.