Tales of Washington Irving

Washington Irving wrote stories of the Hudson Valley and the Catskills. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the mysterious story of a mild schoolteacher meeting the ghostly Headless Horsemen.

Rip Van Winkle is a farmer who finds a strange group of dwarves in the woods. He bowls and drinks, then falls asleep in the woods under the rule of George the Third and wakes up after the American Revolution.