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Who am I?(Washington Irving)(Brief Article)(Biography)

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From: Writing!
Date: 20051001
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I have been dead a long time--some 146 years now. But my spirits live on, particularly in the Hudson River valley of New York state, where I wrote my stories. At Halloween time, folks often retell my famous tale of a headless spirit. Why, thanks to that story, the village of North Tarrytown, N.Y., officially changed its name in 1996 to Sleepy Hollow. A little farther north, the Rip Van Winkle Bridge spans the Hudson River in the Catskill Mountains, which still echo with my spirits. I can even take credit for the name of the NBA's New York Knicks (Knickerbockers). Do you happen to ...

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