Today’s short story is Washington Irving’s “The Spectre Bridegroom,” a tale from Irving’s quasi-pseudonymous The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (Crayon was the first U.S. Marine ...

In 1797, Washington Irving, a roguish lad of fifteen, ... Mr. Murray entered upon the publication of the “Sketch-Book” in 1820, Mr. Irving being at that time thirtyseven years of age.

By his nephew, PIERRE M. IRVING. 4 Vols., 12 mo. PUTNAM, 1863. The public had a right to expect something from the announcement of The Life and Letters of Washington Irving; nor has it been ...

The year 2019 marked the bicentennial of the publication of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., which was serialized between 1819 and 1820.“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” was published as part of ...

Fox Nation's 'Washington Irving: The Father of Halloween and Christmas' explores the iconic author's contributions to the celebrations of both holidays in America today.

Within a decade of the publication of Irving’s Sketch Book, however, “New Yorkers were greeting each other with Christmas wishes, and Broadway stores extended their hours to accommodate shoppers,” ...

Writing in the early 1800s, Washington Irving was one of America’s first writers to achieve truly mass appeal, ... as Irving did in his The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. 5.

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