The legend of Sleepy Hollow

Description:

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

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People: Leonard Everett Fisher

Places: New York (State),  Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.),  Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.),  England,  United States

Times: 1775-1865,  18th century