By Krista Madsen– This is the third and last installment excerpt from a new introduction by Krista Madsen for Washington Irving’s 200 year-old collection. Copies of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories (RacePoint Publishing) are available online here. Installment 1 Installment 2 The Sketch Book reissue of 1848 sells 7,000 copies in its first three months, an even bigger hit than it was the first time with sizable royalties. Irving finds himself hounded by […]
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