Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle -- Washington Irving

<p>"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is set circa 1790 in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town, New York, in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky, and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and sole child of a wealthy farmer. As Crane leaves a party, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman, who is supposedly the ghost of a Hessian trooper who had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during "some nameless battle" of the American Revolutionary War, and who "rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head."</p><p>Also includes "Rip Van Winkle."</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Washington Irving<br><b>Publisher:</b> Agog! Press<br><b>Published:</b> 06/01/2009<br><b>Pages:</b> 86<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.57lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781479445646<br><b>Audience:</b> Ages 9-12<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 5.5<br><b>Point Value:</b> 2<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Middle Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>139724 / Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle<br><p></p>