What Is The Purpose Of Washington Irving's Suicide

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From Washington Irving, comes a story of horror, action, mystery, and witchcraft. He tells Telling the story of a man named Ichabod Crane, a dDetective from Connecticut.
From his home, Ichabod travels to Sleepy Hollow, New York. His purpose is to investigate multiple murders under mysterious circumstances. People say a headless soldier from the Revolutionary war is behind the murders. Ichabod goes through a lot of adventures to find out the answer to the mystery, the scientific way...…..at least for a little while. He finds the killer to be… read it yourself you cheater!!!
Ichabod is an easily scared man, whichthat is why he is always using his pistol for protection. He is especially scared of the supernatural. He is kind of like the guy that

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