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Author:

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.

Title:

Rip Van Winkle ; The legend of Sleepy Hollow, and other stories / Washington Irving ; ill. by Gordon Ross.

Edition:

Collector's ed.

Publisher:

Easton Press,

Copyright Date:

1967, ©1939

Description:

399 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subject:

Irving, Washington,--1783-1859--Travel--England.
Americans--England--History--19th century.
Christmas--England.
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--Fiction.
England--Description and travel.

Notes:

Originally published: The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

Contents:

Preface to the revised edition -- The author's account of himself -- The voyage -- Roscoe -- The wife -- Rip Van Winkle -- English writers on America -- Rural life in England -- The broken heart -- The art of book-making -- A royal poet -- The country church -- The widow and her son -- A Sunday in London -- The Boar's Head Tavern, Eastcheap -- The mutability of literature -- Rural funerals -- The inn kitchen -- The spectre bridegroom -- Westminster Abbey -- Christmas -- The stage coach -- Christmas Eve -- Christmas Day -- The Christmas dinner -- London antiques -- Little Britain -- Stratford-on-Avon -- Philip of Pokanoket -- John Bull -- The pride of the village -- The angler -- The legend of Sleepy Hollow -- L'Envoy -- Appendix.

Series:

100 greatest books ever written

OCLC:

(OCoLC)17565172

Locations:

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)