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When Washington Irving first published this collection of essays, sketches, and tales--originally entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. --readers greeted it with enthusiasm, and Irving emerged as America's first successful professional author. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and... read more
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THIS STORY all happened down in the lower Hudson Valley of New York State, not so far from where I grew up, way back when America was still a very young country.
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