'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' is both a chilling and humourous classic of early American fiction. This edition includes dynamic folk-art illustrations. Also contains 12 additional short stories by Washington Irving.

Washington Irving (1783-1859) is generally credited with being the father of the American short story and was the first American writer to achieve international renown. Elizabeth L. Bradley, the author of Knickerbocker: The Myth Behind New York, serves as literary consultant to Historic Hudson Valley. She also wrote the introduction and notes for the Penguin Classics edition of Irving's A History of New York.