The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving

What is Folklore? The traditional beliefs, practices, legends and tales of people, transmitted orally

Washington Irving Author and editor Washington Irving was born in New York City on April 3, 1783. Irving achieved international fame for his fictional works, including the stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, as well as for his biographies and historical writings.

Washington Irving Irving served as the United States ambassador to Spain and helped to promote international copyright before his death in 1859.

"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them." – Washington Irving

The Real Sleepy Hollow http://www.visitsleepyhollow.com/halloween-in-sleepy-hollow

The Real Sleepy Hollow North Tarrytown actually legally change its name to Sleepy Hollow in 1997 There school mascot is the Horseman!! - Also an Irvingtown nearby

Sleepy Hollow was made famous by Washington Irving, the author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. Actually, he may have named the town.

“The bridge became more than ever an object of superstitious awe, and that may be the reason why the road has been altered of late years, so as to approach the church by the border of the mill-pond.” -The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Van Tassel Homestead Schoolmaster Ichabod Crane began his famous flight from the headless horseman at the home of the Van Tassel family. There is also the “Van Tassel House” which was converted to a tavern before the Revolutionary War.

Katrina Van Tassel Most historians think Eleanor Van Tassel Brush was probably the real-life Katrina Van Tassel.

Brom Bones He also could have been a real guy!!

Van Tassel Homestead Historian Edgar Mayhew Bacon in his 1898 book notes that Irving was a frequent visitor here.s old house “

The Real Headless Horseman

The Real Headless Horseman The Van Tassels were helped one day by a Hessian Soldier and never forgot it…

The Old Dutch Church Ichabod Crane’s flight from the headless horseman ends at the bridge leading into the yard of the Old Dutch Church. The 3-acre burying ground around the church is the purported final resting of local citizens who likely inspired Irving’s characters and also of the horseman himself.

“Indeed, certain of the most authentic historians of those parts, who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre, allege that the body of the trooper, having been buried in the church-yard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head; and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow, like a midnight blast, is owing to his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the church-yard before daybreak.”

Ichabod Crane

Sleepy Hollow In 1999, director Tim Burton released his film Sleepy Hollow based on Washington Irving's story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." The film starred Johnny Depp as police constable Ichabod Crane, who is sent from New York City to investigate a series of murders by a mysterious Headless Horseman.

And Here’s Another Picture of Johnny…

Works Cited http://www.visitsleepyhollow.com/ http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/documents/59/CCLSH.pdf http://www.impawards.com/1999/sleepy_hollow_ver2.html http://www.pinterest.com/pin/104990235033704665/ http://www.hudsonrivervalley.com/AboutUS/Trivia/HeadlessHorseman.aspx

Works Cited http://www.biography.com/people/washington-irving-9350087 http://www.online-literature.com/irving/ http://www.visitsleepyhollow.com/halloween-in-sleepy-hollow http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/federal_judge_sides_with_whooping_cranes_in_water_rights_case/