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The legend of Sleepy Hollow : and, Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving ; illustrated by Thea Kliros.

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 (Author). Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 Rip Van Winkle. (Added Author). Kliros, Thea, (illustrator.).

Summary:

In the first of these stories from the Catskill Mountains, a superstitious schoolmaster encounters a headless horseman; in the second, a man sleeps for twenty years, waking to a much-changed world.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0893753483
  • ISBN: 9780893753481
  • Physical Description: 83 pages ; 17 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Watermill Press, 1980.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1 -- Rip Van Winkle 50 -- He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft 12 -- He was broad shouldered and double-jointed, with short curly black hair, and a bluff, but not unpleasant countenance 20 -- Lady of his heart was his partner in the dance 33 -- Ichabod's flimsy garments fluttered in the air, as he stretched his long lank body away over his horse's head, in the eagerness of his flight 45 -- On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at ninepins 61 -- A fresh comely woman pressed through the throng to get a peep at the gray-bearded man 71.
Subject:
Children's stories, American.
Short stories > Juvenile fiction.
Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
New York (State) > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.