The Historically Annotated Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving’s classic “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” remains one of the earliest pieces of American fiction with enduring popularity. This short story is a spooky exploration of the power of local legend, The Headless Horseman. The setting for this legend is Sleepy Hollow, a majestic, spellbinding Dutch settlement in New York—where the legendary horseman…