Legends and Lore of Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson Valley by Kruk, Jonathan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Preface and Acknowledgements Summary: Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1. By the Name Washington Irving

The Horseman’s Appeal Bells Beckon Washington Irving A Bairn Named Washington Tipping Leatherheads Rambles and Readings, Customs and Heartache The Little Man in Black, an Old Wolf and Heath Head in the Mud Hessian Tarrytown Tavern Tales A Love for All Things Revolutionary and Dutch

2. “The Place Was Bewitched”

The Legend of Mahicanituck and Pocantico Spooked Stones Cuffey’s Prophecy Hokohonkgus Tree More Spooked Stones Legend of the Star Maiden

3. Tales of the Tappan Zee

Henry Hudson and the Severed Hand Imps! The Heer of Donder-Berg Sint Heer Klaas and the Gode Frauv The Agent and the Imps Bermuda Triangle on the Hudson The Spuyten Duyvil Van Dam, the Ghostly Rower Flying Dutchmen on the Hudson

4. Mother Hulda, the High German Witch Doctor?

Witch-Doctor-Heroine White Captives New York’s Last Witch Trial

5. Women in White

Storm Shriekers Manitou The Spirit Saint of Raven Rock The White Lady of Raven Rock Witte Juffern of Slaaper’s Hol

6. “The Tragical Story of the Unfortunate Andre”

A Tragic Story Unfolds Betraying Benedict Andre’s Journey Andre’s Capture Arnold’s Pawn “I Am Not to Die on a Gibbet” Interment Andre’s Tree “What Party Are You From?”

7. Balt, Brom, Katrina and Ichabod

Balt The Goblin Race Brom Katrina Ichabod The Headless Horseman Charivari of Kinderhook Jesse Merwin, the Real Schoolmaster Colonel Ichabod Crane Merwin’s Ghost Final Word

8. Headless!

The “Nameless” Battle of White Plains The Helpful Hessian The Little Man in Black’s Tale German and Scottish Sources

9. The Storyteller

Storytellers Other Headless Horsemen in New York Today’s Horseman The Whole Place Still Abounds with Spirits No More North Tarrytown Dark Shadows The Good Spirit

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