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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: The Crayon miscellany

    First published in 1865 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Headless Horseman: a retelling of The legend of Sleepy Hollow

    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1923 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1864 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1979 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Little masterpieces

    First published in 1898 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Tales of a traveller, with selections from the Sketch book

    First published in 1920 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The legend of Sleepy Hollow

    First published in 2011 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Alhambra and Wolfert's Roost, and miscellaneous

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The beauties

    First published in 1835 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Biographical memoir of Capt-David Porter.

    First published in 1814 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Castles in Spain: from the Alhambra

    First published in 1971 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Christmas sketches

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Crayon papers and A tour of the prairies.

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The discovery of America.

    First published in 1890 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: English sketches, from "The sketch book,"

    First published in 1886 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: History of the American Revolution.: The student's life of Washington; condensed from the larger work of Washington Irving. For young persons and for the use of schools ....

    First published in 1876 — 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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