The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow is the timeless tale of a New England schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, undone by his fears of a fabled headless horseman.

WASHINGTON IRVING (1783- 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, and historian. On the basis of this one classic tale, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving is credited with having invented the short story as a distinct literary genre.