{"product_id":"the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-9780812504750","title":"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis edition of\u003ci\u003e The Legend of Sleepy Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e includes an Introduction and Afterword by Charles L. Grant.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSleepy Hollow is a strange little place...some say bewitched. Some talk of its haunted valleys and streams, the ghostly woman in white, eerie midnight shrieks and howls, but most of all they talk of the Headless Horseman. A huge, shadowy soldier who rides headless through the night, terrifying unlucky travellers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSchoolteacher Ichabod Crane is fascinated by these stories....Until late one night, walking home through Wiley's swamp, he finds that maybe they're not just stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is that dark, menacing figure riding behind him on a horse? \u003ci\u003eAnd what does it have in its hands?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd why wasn't schoolteacher Crane ever seen in Sleepy Hollow again?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington Irving\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New York City in 1783. He lived in the United States, England, and Spain (where he served as an American diplomatic attache). A prolific author, Irving wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New York, The Alhambra, \u003c\/i\u003e and biographies of George Washington and Christopher Columbus, among other works. He is best remembered, however, for his two most famous stories, \"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow\" and \"Rip Van Winkle.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tor Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591182684434,"sku":"9780812504750","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_394f61c9-2662-48ef-9ef4-58c447002a6b.jpg?v=1775632021","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-9780812504750","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}