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Washington Irving The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane James Henry Hackett as Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving and His Literary Friends at Sunnyside Nineteenth-century engraved portrait of Washington Irving, shown with curly hair, a high-collared shirt, and a coat with a fur collar. Washington Irving, oil painting by J.W. Jarvis, 1809; in the Historic Hudson Valley collection.
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Washington Irving, oil painting by J.W. Jarvis, 1809; in the Historic Hudson Valley collection.
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Washington Irving

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Washington Irving (born April 3, 1783, New York, New York, U.S.—died November 28, 1859, Tarrytown, New York) was described as the “first American man of letters.” He wrote numerous works but is best known for “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle,” which have been called the first American short stories. The favorite and last of 11 children of an austere Presbyterian father and a genial Anglican mother, young, frail Irving grew up...

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