The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: And, Rip Van Winkle"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." |
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User Review - natalie.loy - LibraryThingA lower level reading book for the struggling reader. This book has two stories in one: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. Both stories are written at a 3rd grade level with pictures to help any struggling reader to better comprehend. Read full review
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