<P> The `` Legend '' relates the tale 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 , Baltus Van Tassel . Ichabod Crane , a Yankee and an outsider , sees marriage to Katrina as a means of procuring Van Tassel 's extravagant wealth . Bones , the local hero , vies with Ichabod for Katrina 's hand , playing a series of pranks on the jittery schoolmaster , and the fate of Sleepy Hollow 's fortune weighs in the balance for some time . The tension among the three is soon brought to a head . On a placid autumn night , the ambitious Crane attends a harvest party at the Van Tassels ' homestead . He dances , partakes in the feast , and listens to ghostly legends told by Brom and the locals , but his true aim is to propose to Katrina after the guests leave . His intentions , however , are ill - fated . </P>
<P> The `` Legend '' relates the tale 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 , Baltus Van Tassel . Ichabod Crane , a Yankee and an outsider , sees marriage to Katrina as a means of procuring Van Tassel 's extravagant wealth . Bones , the local hero , vies with Ichabod for Katrina 's hand , playing a series of pranks on the jittery schoolmaster , and the fate of Sleepy Hollow 's fortune weighs in the balance for some time . The tension among the three is soon brought to a head . On a placid autumn night , the ambitious Crane attends a harvest party at the Van Tassels ' homestead . He dances , partakes in the feast , and listens to ghostly legends told by Brom and the locals , but his true aim is to propose to Katrina after the guests leave . His intentions , however , are ill - fated . </P>
school master in 1820 story the legend of sleepy hollow
school master in 1820 story the legend of sleepy hollow
Ichabod Crane
Ichabod Crane