CLICK ON THE PICTURES OF THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH FOR A LARGER VIEW!!! This church and graveyard is the very one that Irving used in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"! The Old Dutch Church's location- 430 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY. Click on "Google" on the map to use. DID YOU KNOW??? - THERE ARE TWO CEMETERIES in Sleepy Hollow -.The Old Dutch Church Cemetery is the one that was the used in Irving's work! -Not the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. | A not so manly teacher, Ichabod Crane, is assigned to a small community near the Hudson River. This community has its secrets - such as a headless Hessian soldier who rides at night looking for his head! Add to the story the love interest of Crane,the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel and her on again off again boy friend Braum Van Brunt, and you have yourself a classic! America's greatest short story IMHO, period. I'm not going to say much about this story. However, please check out the original version here. Read an abridged (shortened) version here. I am also including some pics and videos of the actual place that inspired the story. There are tons and tons of videos and pictures on the web..These are just a few. CLICK HERE to READ ABOUT THE AUTHOR - WASHINGTON IRVING!!! "You can't reason with a headless man!" - TGREEN's 2015 quote of the year winner! - Thanks BING!!!!! |
See the ACTUAL(?) BURIAL PLACE OF...the HEADLESS HORSEMAN! | |
An audio version of Washington Irving's classic tale! Enjoy! | |
DISNEY'S CARTOON VERSION!!! as well as a short biographical introduction of Washington Irving presented by WALT DISNEY. MUST VISIT THIS WEBSITE! REALLY - GO HERE!!!
This video will take you around Tarrytown, New York...Sleepy Hollow...You can use real landmarks to trace the chase of Ichabod Crane by the Headless Horeseman. Washington Irving used real landmarks in the text of his story; you get to see some of the places and the text excerpts in the video. Nice Halloween songs included - beginning at 1:40!
ABSOLUTELY MY FAVORITE MOVIE / TV VERSION of the classic. I was a young lad when this came on tv. Absolutely loved this version! | |