When Washington Irving was just 19 years old, he began his writing (“Irving, Washington”). Irving started young, and that was good for him. But, it was not the name Irving Washington that was getting the credit just yet. Irving went under many different pseudonyms. He was not just a short story writer, he also was an essayist, historian, journalist, and biographer. Irving is known as the “First American man of letters”, and “The creator of the American short story”(Bomarito). He explored many different genres of writing, and that is why he is one of the greatest of all time. Irving was the youngest of eleven children. His older brothers went to Columbia College to continue their education, but Irving did not follow in their footsteps (Bomarito).
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It tells the story of a school teacher and singing instructor by the name of Ichabod Crane. Ichabod is a very tall and skinny man who has big ears and is always wearing clothes that are too small for him. He is a very strict teacher but his students still like him. Ichabod does not have any real friends. He goes from house to house of people that live in his small village and eat there. He is a very cheap man and will do anything to get some free food. The families like having him at the dinner table because he tells great stories. Ichabod loves stories of ghosts and magic so that is where most of his own stories come from (“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”). He has heard some tales about a man who rides through town at night without a …show more content…
It was the headless horseman that he had always heard about. He could see the shape of a very big head resting on the shoulders of the horseman. Ichabod turned and started running away as fast as he possibly could. He could not run fast enough and the horseman eventually caught up. He took off his “head” and threw it at Ichabod, and he was knocked unconscious. The next morning, Ichabod did not show up for school. Search parties were sent out to find him, but he was never seen again. The only thing they found was his hat and a some of his belongings (“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”). On the ground next to his stuff was a smashed pumpkin, and that is what the horseman threw at Ichabod. Soon after this occurrence, Brom marries Katrina. No one really knew what happened to Ichabod Crane that night. Most believed that he was carried off by the headless horseman and he would never be seen again. There was just one person that knew exactly what happened, and that was Brom Bones. He knew, because he was the headless horseman (“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”). After all the ghost stories and tales that Ichabod told, he was the
It tells the story of a school teacher and singing instructor by the name of Ichabod Crane. Ichabod is a very tall and skinny man who has big ears and is always wearing clothes that are too small for him. He is a very strict teacher but his students still like him. Ichabod does not have any real friends. He goes from house to house of people that live in his small village and eat there. He is a very cheap man and will do anything to get some free food. The families like having him at the dinner table because he tells great stories. Ichabod loves stories of ghosts and magic so that is where most of his own stories come from (“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”). He has heard some tales about a man who rides through town at night without a …show more content…
It was the headless horseman that he had always heard about. He could see the shape of a very big head resting on the shoulders of the horseman. Ichabod turned and started running away as fast as he possibly could. He could not run fast enough and the horseman eventually caught up. He took off his “head” and threw it at Ichabod, and he was knocked unconscious. The next morning, Ichabod did not show up for school. Search parties were sent out to find him, but he was never seen again. The only thing they found was his hat and a some of his belongings (“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”). On the ground next to his stuff was a smashed pumpkin, and that is what the horseman threw at Ichabod. Soon after this occurrence, Brom marries Katrina. No one really knew what happened to Ichabod Crane that night. Most believed that he was carried off by the headless horseman and he would never be seen again. There was just one person that knew exactly what happened, and that was Brom Bones. He knew, because he was the headless horseman (“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”). After all the ghost stories and tales that Ichabod told, he was the