The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow

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{{Infobox short story | ], 1849.| author = Washington Irving| series =| genre = [short story| publisher =| media_type =| pub_date = 1820| english_pub_date =| preceded_by =| followed_by =-->"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a [short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, written while he was living in Birmingham, England, and first published in 1820. With Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest American fiction still read today.

Plot summary The story is set circa 1790 in the Dutch-Americans settlement of Tarrytown, New York, in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a priggish schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the hand of eighteen-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, daughter of a wealthy farmer. As Crane leaves a party at the Van Tassel home on an autumn night, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman, supposedly the ghost of a Hessian trooper who lost his head during "some nameless battle" of the American Revolutionary War and who "rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head." Crane disappears from town, leaving Katrina to marry Brom Bones, who was "to look exceedingly knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was related."

Inspiration The dénouement of the fictional tale is set at the bridge in the real location of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow in Sleepy Hollow, New York. The characters of Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel may have been based on local residents known to the author. The character of Katrina is thought to have been based upon Eleanor Van Tassel Brush and her name comes from Eleanor's aunt Catriena Ecker van Texel.

Although the story was set in Tarrytown (possibly because he was writing for a New York City audience), Ichabod Crane was patterned after Jesse Merwin who taught at the local schoolhouse in Kinderhook (town), New York, further north along the Hudson River, where Irving spent several months in 1809.A letter from Merwin to Irving was endorsed in Irving's handwriting: "From Jesse Merwin, the original of Ichabod Crane." Life and Letters of Washington Irving, New York: G.P. Putnam and Son, 1869, vol. 3, pp. 185–186.

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" follows a tradition of folk tales and poems involving a supernatural wild chase, including Robert Burns's Tam o' Shanter (Burns poem) (1790), and Gottfried August Bürger's Der wilde Jäger, translated as The Wild Huntsman (1796).

Film adaptions Notable film adaptations include:

The Headless Horseman (1922), a silent version directed by Edward Venturini, and starring Will Rogers as Ichabod Crane. It was filmed on location in New York's Hudson River Valley.
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949), directed by James Algar, Clyde Geronimi and Jack Kinney, produced by Walt Disney Productions. It is an animation version of the story, paired with a similar treatment of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. The climactic ride is more extended than the original story, and whether the visually impressive Horseman is an actual ghost or a human in disguise is left unclear. Later the Sleepy Hollow portion of the film was separated from the companion film, and thus screened, aired, marketed, and sold separately as Legend of Sleepy Hollow beginning in 1958.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980), directed by Henning Schellerup. A made for television movie filmed in Utah, with Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane.
Sleepy Hollow (film) (1999), directed by Tim Burton. A movie adaptation which takes many liberties with the plot and characters. Johnny Depp starred as Ichabod.
In the Nickelodeon television series Are You Afraid of the Dark? (television series) (1992), the episode "The Tale of the Midnight Ride" serves as a sequel to the classic story. In this episode a boy moves to Sleepy Hollow where he develops a crush on a girl. One night after the Halloween dance, they see the ghost of Ichabod Crane and they send him over the bridge that the Headless Horseman cannot cross, prompting the Headless Horseman to then come after them.

Audio Books on CD Notable Audio adaptation include:

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (2005). Produced by The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air and released by Blackstone Audio. Faithfully adapted from the book by Washington Irving, this production boasts an elaborate music score by Jeffrey Gage, thousands of Sound effects, and a full cast. Originally released as a "Halloween Pick" by Barnes and Noble bookstores, the production went on to win the Ogle Award for "Best Fantasy Production of 2005." The cast includes Lincoln Clark as Ichabod Crane, Joseph Zamparelli Jr. as Brom Bones, and Diane Capen as Katrina Van Tassel. The book was dramatized, Produced and Directed by Jerry Robbins. On Halloween, 2005, the production was broadcast coast to coast on XM Radio's SONIC THEATRE, and repeated the following year. It continues to be one of Colonial's most popular titles in release.

Sleepy Hollow (2007) Produced by DaveFilms.US. ISBN 978-1-4276-2425-3. First CD produced was donated to the Murfreesboro, TN public library by Dave Johnson (Producer)

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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery was founded in 1849, and is adjacent to the Old Dutch Burying Ground. They are separately owned and administered.