The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
from Filiquarian
The Legend of Sleep Hollow is a story written by Washington Irving, originally published in 1820. Set in the Duth settlement of Tarry Town, New York in a secluded part of town called Sleep Holow. Ichabod Crane, a schoolmaster, competes for the hand if eighteen year old Katrina Van Tassel, only to find himself hunted by the Headless Horseman. The Legend of Sleep Hollow is one of the earliest American fiction writings to still be actively read today, and it is widely used in schools both public and private.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
from Atheneum
Are all the lights on?
Is there a parent in the house?
Are the windows shut and locked? Double-check!
They HAVE to be if you are going to read this book, which is undoubtedly the scariest rendition of one of the greatest ghost stories ever told: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
While you may have heard of Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, and the Headless Horseman, you've never SEEN them quite like this -- through the macabre imagination of the inimitable Gris Grimly.
So, take a deep breath and take a long look. And you may want to bring a flashlight to bed with you tonight....
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Wildside Fantasy Classic)
by Washington Irving
from Aegypan
The chief part of the stories, however, turned upon the favorite specter of Sleepy Hollow, the Headless Horseman, who had been heard several times of late, patrolling the country; and, it was said, tethered his horse nightly among the graves in the churchyard. The story was immediately matched by a thrice marvelous adventure of Brom Bones, who made light of the Galloping Hessian as an arrant jockey. He affirmed that on returning one night from the neighboring village of Sing Sing, he had been overtaken by this midnight trooper; that he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch, and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but just as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted, and vanished in a flash of fire. All these tales, told in that drowsy undertone with which men talk in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the glare of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod. . . .
Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Graphic Horror) (Graphic Horror)
by Washington Irving
from Abdo & Daughters
Ghosts and goblins abound in Sleepy Hollow. The haunting tales of the Headless Horseman entranced Ichabod Crane. During the day, he found the stories exciting. But at night he was afraid. His fear reached new heights the night he was chased by the mysterious ghost! The terrifying ride is brought to life in this striking graphic novel adaptation.
Great Stories of Horror and Suspense: The Monkey's Paw, Hop-Frog, and 13 More - Literary Touchstone Classic
by Edgar Allan Poe
from Prestwick House, Inc.
What makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up? Is it something sinister-a secret sense warning you that something is wrong, that someone, some thing you can't see, is in the room with you? Is it real? Should you run? Fight? Scream? Find the answers within the musty, dark recesses of these stories. Through the haunted imaginations of Edgar Allan Poe, Jack London, Ambrose Bierce, and nine other great authors, we are transported to places our own imaginations hesitate to take us, and we bear witness to unthinkable events. These stories endure, not merely because of what they are about, but how they are told-and when told by master storytellers, these startling tales send chills up and down our spines. Open the book, if you dare, and enter another world-you'll find that it's worth the risk. This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary and notes to help the modern reader appreciate details that may otherwise be confusing or overlooked.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
from Philomel
This edition of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow includes an Introduction and Afterword by Charles L. Grant.
Sleepy Hollow is a strange little place...some say bewitched. Some talk of its haunted valleys and streams, the ghostly woman in white, eerie midnight shrieks and howls, but most of all they talk of the Headless Horseman. A huge, shadowy soldier who rides headless through the night, terrifying unlucky travellers.
Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane is fascinated by these stories....Until late one night, walking home through Wiley's swamp, he finds that maybe they're not just stories.
What is that dark, menacing figure riding behind him on a horse? And what does it have in its hands?
And why wasn't schoolteacher Crane ever seen in Sleepy Hollow again?
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Featured is the terrifying headless horseman, the gawky Ichabod Crane and the peerless Katerina.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
from Fair Price Classics
The short story is set circa 1790 in the Dutch settlement of Tarrytown, New York, in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a priggish schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, daughter of a wealthy farmer. As Crane leaves a party at the Van Tassel home on an autumn night, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman, supposedly the ghost of a Hessian trooper who lost his head during "some nameless battle" of the American Revolutionary War and who "rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head." Crane disappears from town, leaving Katrina to marry Brom Bones, who was "to look exceedingly knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was related."
The Headless Horseman and Other Harrowing Halloween Tales (Enactment) Audio Cd; Along with Halloween Nightmare, Haunted House Horror, Witches' Coven, a Visit to the Torture Chamber and Witches' Rap. Over 60 Minutes. (Audio Cd)
by Washington Irving (retold); Jack Dorsey; Martin Huckridge
Washington Irving's Tales of the Supernatural
by Washington Irving
from Stemmer House Publishers
MAGAZINE OF HORROR - Volume 2, number 2, whole number 8 - April (Apr) 1965: Passeur; The Black Laugh; The Hand of Glory; Orpheus's Brother; The Lady of the Velvet Collar; Jack; The Burglar-Proof Vault; The Dead Who Walk; The Garrison
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