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Washington Irving

American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent" (Wikipedia).

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American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)

Born 3 April 1783
Died 28 November 1859

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  • Cover of: Voyages et découvertes des compagnons de Colomb

    First published in 1841 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1813 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1909 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Six selections from Irving's sketch-book

    First published in 1886 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The sketch book

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Little masterpieces

    First published in 1902 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Two selections: The legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle

    First published in 1902 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Westminster abbey and Christmas sketches: Westminster abbey

    First published in 1891 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Eight [i. e. Nine] selections from the Sketch book

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The legend of Sleepy Hollow, and other selections from the Sketch book

    First published in 1909 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Dominoes: Starter Level: 250 Word Vocabulary Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Dominoes Starter Starter Level 250 Headwords)

    First published in 2002 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Tales Of Washington Irving: Retold Timeless Classics (Cover-to-Cover Books)

    First published in 1999 — 1 edition
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    First published in 2000 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada: From the Mss. of Fray Antonio Agapida : to which is ...

    First published in 1850 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Rip Van Winkle, and Other American Essays from The Sketch-book

    First published in 1891 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Three tales from "The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.": The legend of Sleepy Hollow ; Rip Van Winkle ; The spectre bridegroom

    First published in 1993 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The scenery of the Catskill Mountains as described by Irving, Cooper, Bryant, Willis Gaylord Clark, N.P. Willis, Miss Martineau, Tyrone Power, Park Benjamin, Thomas Cole, Bayard Taylor

    First published in 1876 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The life and voyages of Christopher Columbus

    First published in 1870 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1997 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1902 — 1 edition
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American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)

Born 3 April 1783
Died 28 November 1859

Subjects

Fiction, History, Description and travel, Children's fiction, American literature, short story, American Horror tales, Biography, short stories, American Short stories, Social life and customs, horror, Classic Literature, Discovery and exploration, Juvenile fiction, catalepsy, gothic fiction, Horror stories, Indians of North America, Short stories, burial vaults, dragons, hermitages, heroic romances, hysteria

Places

United States, Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.), England, Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), West (U.S.), Northwestern States, Spain, America, New York (State), Oklahoma, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, Massachusetts, Granada (Kingdom), Florida, New England, Salem Village, États du Nord-Ouest (États-Unis), Astoria (Or.), Fountain of Youth, India, Italy, États-Unis (Ouest), Amérique du Nord, Canada

People

Washington Irving (1783-1859), Christopher Columbus, Ethelred, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1796-1878), George Washington (1732-1799), Peyton Farquhar, Devil, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Colonel Killigrew, Dr. Heidegger, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. Medbourne, Sylvia Ward, Widow Wycherley, Beatrice Rappaccini, C. Auguste Dupin, Elizabeth, Father Time, Fortunato, Giacomo Rappaccini, Giovanni Guasconti

Time

19th century, Spanish Conquest, 1476-1492, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 1600s, 711-1516, American Civil War, 1775-1865, 18th century, Jusqu'à 1848, To 1848, Antebellum era, Civil War, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1775-1783, Carnival, 1692, 1713-1763 (New France), 711-1492 (Période arabe), Arab period, 711-1492, Civil War, 1861-1865, Conquest, 1519-1540, Conquest, 1522-1548, Revolution, 1775-1783, To 1810

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  • Geoffrey Gent Crayon

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