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Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)

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From: The Horn Book Magazine
Date: 20071101
Author:Gross, Claire E.

Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; illus. by Gris Grimly 40 pp. Atheneum 8/07 ISBN 978-1-4169-0625-4 $16.99 (Intermediate)

The tale of the headless horseman, slightly condensed but with language and ambiguities intact, is reimagined here with humor, vigor, clarity, and a healthy grasp of both the universal themes and the period conventions that shaped the original. Ichabod Crane, gangling schoolmaster of a town noted for its somnolence, adores Katrina Van Tassel (for her inheritance as much as for her person, admittedly). After an evening spent trying to prove ...

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