The Spectre Bridegroom

The Spectre Bridegroom
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Total Pages : 16
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1024107965
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Synopsis The Spectre Bridegroom by : Washington Irving

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the Spectre Bridegroom

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the Spectre Bridegroom
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages : 66
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ISBN-10 : 1717217702
ISBN-13 : 9781717217707
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Synopsis The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the Spectre Bridegroom by : Washington Irving

Washington Irving was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), that appear in the collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. or simply the Sketch Book, as commonly referred. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction that has not lost its popularity, especially during Halloween. More recently, the story has also inspired the successful TV series titled simply Sleepy Hollow. In 1974, the story was recognized with the issue of a postage stamp by the US Postal Service. "The Spectre Bridegroom" stands out as one of the few longer, folktale-style stories that is not set in America. The story, a Traveler Tale as the author calls it, is introduced by a much shorter story titled the "Inn Kitchen," which is the only story Geoffrey Crayon, the pseudonymous narrator, remembers after spending the evening in the kitchen of the Inn he was staying at, listening at the stories told by travelers and local folks gathered there. This production includes all three stories, and all their illustrations, as published in the book edition by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., Philadelphia, 1875

The Complete Tales Of Washington Irving

The Complete Tales Of Washington Irving
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Publisher : Da Capo Press
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 0306808404
ISBN-13 : 9780306808401
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Synopsis The Complete Tales Of Washington Irving by : Washington Irving

Originally published: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1975.

Rip Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle
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Total Pages : 30
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044040704223
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Synopsis Rip Van Winkle by : Robert Planquette

The Nebraska Dispatches

The Nebraska Dispatches
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 152
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ISBN-10 : 9780803234222
ISBN-13 : 0803234228
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Synopsis The Nebraska Dispatches by : Christopher Cartmill

Standing Bear, a Ponca Native American chief, is best known for successfully arguing in U.S. District Court in 1879 that Native Americans are "persons within the meaning of the law" who have the right of habeas corpus. When playwright Christopher Cartmill returned to his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska, to write a play about Chief Standing Bear, he unknowingly began a complicated adventure. As he followed the story of the Ponca chief who fought so hard to return from a reservation in Oklahoma to his homeland in northern Nebraska, Cartmill stumbled into the politics of identity, contested notions of homeland, and his own past. Chronicling these adventures in a series of dispatches to friends, he documented the transformation of a research trip into a three-year exploration of Nebraska, its Native community, the meaning of home, and the complex relationship we all have with history. These dispatches, originally presented in Cartmill's celebrated performance and now gathered together in this book, offer snapshots of a New Yorker's travels into the heartland, insights into a very personal journey, and glimpses into a history that critiques and continues the American story.