title: The Historically Annotated Legend of Sleepy Hollow
author:  Washington Irving 
description: Washington Irving is the father of American letters. He is best remembered today for two short works -- "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." Henry John Steiner is the village historian of historic Sleepy Hollow. He is a writer on a variety of subjects, including the local history of Sleepy Hollow, New York.
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  ## The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  
  
    
  
  
  ### Washington Irving
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is classic of American fiction and display the
  authors ability to depict American landscapes and culture.
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Washington Irving
  
  
  ## The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker.
  
  
  A pleasing land of drowsy head it was,
  
  
  Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye;
  
  
  And of gay castles in the clouds that pass,
  
  
  Forever flushing round a summer sky.
  
  
  
  
  
  Castle of Indolence.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which