The legend of sleepy hollow and other stories : the sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent (Penguin classics)
by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Series
Item Description: |
"This collection under the title The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. edited by Haskell S. Springer first published in the United States of America by Twayne Publishers, a division of G.K. Hall & Co. 1978; published with an introduction and notes by William L. Hedges in Penguin Books 1988"--T.p verso. "The text of this edition was approved by the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association"--Cover. |
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Physical Description: |
xxi, 339 p. ; 20 cm. |
Bibliography: |
Bibliography: p. 337-339. |
ISBN: |
014043769X (pbk.) : |
Author Notes: |
Irving served as a member of the U.S. legation in Spain from 1826 to 1829 and as minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. Following his return to the U.S. in 1846, he began work on a five-volume biography of Washington that was published from 1855-1859. Washington Irving died in 1859 in New York. |