1820. Washington Irving was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through his writings and is considered to be the Father of the American Short Story. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. appeared serially in New York and includes the widely renowned stories of Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. See other Irving works available from Kessinger Publishing.
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.