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.

subjects: Fiction,  Ghosts,  History,  Children's stories, American,  Short stories,  Christmas,  American Ghost stories,  Ghost stories,  Ichabod Crane (Fictitious character),  Folklore,  Shorthand,  Graham,  Texts,  Children: Grades 4-6,  Children's fiction,  New york (state), fiction,  Literature and fiction, juvenile,  Ghosts, fiction,  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  Fiction, fantasy, general,  Fiction, ghost,  Histoires pour enfants américaines,  Romans, nouvelles,  Comics & graphic novels, general,  Fiction, horror,  Fiction, historical, general,  Horsemanship, fiction,  American literature,  Practical jokes,  Juvenile fiction,  Death,  Courtship,  Bridegrooms,  Cowardice,  Jealousy,  Avarice,  Fantasy fiction,  New england, fiction,  Literature,  Comic books, strips,  Legends,  Description and travel

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