Daguerreotype copy by Mathew Brady, original by John Plumbe
Washington Irving (1783-1859) was America's first truly internationally successful writers, with his 1819-1820 collection of short stories The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. achieving great success both in the States and in Europe. Though only a couple of his stories are especially well-known now, he published successfully throughout his life, writing short stories, essays, histories, and massive biographies. He also served as the US ambassador to Spain from 1842-1846, apparently. Huh.
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow":
In which an itinerant schoolmaster courts a lovely young lady and draws the ire of another of her suitors, and possibly that of the local demonic decapitated equestrian as well.
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