A sage storyteller, Irving created such staples of American fiction as Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Irving\'s work so much, in fact, that I gave it the ultimate praise
I \'borrowed it.\'--Edgar Allan Poe With an Introduction by Wayne Franklin.
I admired Mr.
Exceptional talent....
I am one of his most ardent admirers.
His influence on American writers is unquestioned, wrote Edgar Allan Poe, and his Stories have proved as enduring as the Catskill Mountains the author immortalized.
He earned his preeminence in early American literature with the masterpieces in miniature collected here: dozens of stories, travel essays, biographical discourses, and literary musings.
Sage, storyteller, and wit, Washington Irving created such staples of American fiction as the Stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Revised reissue.
Features a new Introduction.
This collection contains dozens of travel essays, tales of romance, and literary musings.
A sage storyteller, Irving created such staples of American fiction as Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
