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Sleepy Hollow is known for being home to ghosts and spirits, the most famous of which is the terrifying Headless Horseman, a spectre searching for the head he lost to a stray cannonball during the American Revolutionary War. Ichabod Crane, a superstitious schoolmaster, is more concerned with earning the hand of Katrina Van Tassel than worrying about ghosts, but the night that he expects to earn Katrina's affections holds something quite different...
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The "father of the American short story" published this enormously popular book in 1855. Wolfert's Roost is collection of fables, including whimsical Spanish romances and scenes from around Westchester County-that were originally published in the Knickerbocker Magazine.
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This 1831 volume focuses on lesser-known explorers like Alonzo de Ojeda, Diego de Nicuesa, Juan Ponce de Leon, and Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, among others. Followers of Christopher Columbus, these men experienced first hand the excitement of discovery in a time when there were entire worlds to be found.
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When Washington Irving returned to America after seventeen years abroad, he headed west on a surveying mission deep into Native American territory. Irving, as Crayon, is a careful observer of the great range of human life, his skills evident in A Crayon Miscellany, a collection of sketches about his experiences on the frontier.
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Diese Ausgabe von "Das Leben Mohammeds, des arabischen Propheten" wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert.
Washington Irving (1783-1859) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Mit an englischen Stilvorbildern geschulten Satiren über die Gesellschaft und Geschichte der Stadt New York wurde er im ersten Jahrzehnt des 19. Jahrhunderts zunächst in seiner Heimat bekannt. Mit seinem "Skizzenbuch" wandte er sich zunehmend...
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In 1832, Washington Irving, America's first literary superstar, returned to the United States after seventeen years abroad and swiftly set out to explore Pawnee country-the wild uncharted territory deep in the young nation's interior. It was a part of the country few white men had set foot in and even fewer had written about it-and certainly none as famous as Irving. Owing to a chance encounter on a steamboat with the newly appointed Indian Commissioner,...
30) Mohammed
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According to Mohammed, the one true religion was revealed to five great prophets before him - Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus. But each time their message was ignored and people chose to worship false gods instead. As the last and greatest prophet of the one and only God, it was his task to abolish all idolatry. For many years his mission seemed hopeless. As long as he remained in Mecca, he made few converts and had to endure dangers and persecution....
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, and Other Stories is the collection of Washington Irving's stories originally published as The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. This collection of Washington Irving's stories are some of his most loved and includes the following: The Author's Account of Himself, The Voyage, Roscoe, The Wife, Rip Van Winkle, English Writers on America, Rural Life in England, The Broken Heart, The Art of Book-making,...
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Washington Irving's engaging biography of Oliver Goldsmith (1730—1774), an Anglo-Irish essayist, poet, novelist, dramatist, and eccentric, famous for such works as the poem The Deserted Village, and the novel The Vicar of Wakefield, is essential reading for any student of English literature.
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This classic of Catskill lore, enhanced with lovely watercolors, established the reputation of Arthur Rackham, and today the images are recognized as among the artist's best works. Sure to enchant art lovers and Rackham devotees, this edition of all 51 full-page illustrations, plus Irving's complete story, will delight fantasy enthusiasts of all ages.
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Upon his 1829 arrival in Granada, Spain, American author Washington Irving was immediately charmed by the city's beauty and picturesque qualities. While researching a book on the conquest of Granada, he gained access to the Alhambra Palace, which had fallen into disrepair after years of neglect. Irving became a guest at the ancient fortress, where he found himself in the company of several colorful inhabitants. During his sojourn, the writer became...
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El pueblo de Sleepy Hollow estaba bajo un hechizo adormecedor; la gente que vivía ahí caminaba soñolienta y era propensa a tener visiones y sueños extraños. Por todo el pueblo existían lugares encantados y supersticiones. Entre todas estas fantasías, había un espectro que sobresalía de todos los demás. Un soldado que por las noches cabalgaba velozmente, asustando a los lugareños con sólo el galopar de su caballo. Iba de un lugar a otro...
