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content: Washington IrvingAmerican author, short story writer,essayistpoettravel book writerbiographer, and columnist.Irving has been called the father of the American short story. He is best known for 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' in which the schoolmaster Ichabold Crane meets with a headless horseman, and 'Rip Van Winkle,' about a man who falls asleep for 20 years.

content: Washington IrvingWashington Irving was born in New York City as the youngest of 11 children. His father was a wealthy merchant, and his mother, an English woman, was the granddaughter of a clergyman. According to a story, George Washington met Irving, named after him, and gave his blessing. In the years to come Irving would write one of his greatest works, THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON (1855-59).

content: Early in his life Irving developed a passion for books. He read Robinson Crusoe, Sinbad the Sailor, and The World Displyed (stories about voyages and travels). He studied law privately in the offices of Henry Masterton (1798)After return to the United States, Irving was admitted to New York bar in 1806. He was a partner with his brothers in the family hardware business, New York and Liverpool, England, and representative of the business in England until it collapsed in 1818. During the war of 1812 Irving was a military aide to New York Governor Tompkins in the U.S. Army.

content: Beginning of a career writerIrving's career as a writer started in journals and newspapers.He contributed to Morning Chronicle (1802-03), which was edited by his brother Peter, and published Salmagundi (1807-08), writing in collaboration with his brother William and James Kirke Paulding.From 1812 to 1814 he was an editor of Analetic magazine in Philadelphia and New York.

content: Career Shifts to Europe in 1815sailed for England to take charge of family business in Liverpoolwhen it bankrupted, he concentrated on literary careertraveled throughout England, France, Spain, Germany, and Switzerlandwrote history of Christopher Columbus

content: Literary Career Continues1819 - 1820 published The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentit included “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

content: Irving's Literary PseudonymsDietrich KnickerbockerJonathan OldstyleGeoffrey Crayon

content: Returns to America in 1832returned from Europe to New Yorkestablished his home Sunnyside in Tarrytownnever married or had childrenfor next 25 years he shared Sunnyside with his brother Ebenezer and Ebenezer's 5 daughters

content: Selected worksLETTERS OF JONATHAN OLDSTYLE, 1802SALMAGUNDI, 1807 (with William I. and J.K. Paulding)A HISTORY OF NEW YORK, BY DIETRICH KNICKERBOCKER, 1809THE SKETCH BOOK, 1819-20 (as Geoffrey Crayon) - contains 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' - film adaptations: The Adventures of Ichabold and Mr Toad (1949) ; Sleepy Hollow, dir. by Tim Burton (1999), starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Christopher Walken, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Martin LandauBRACEBRIDGE HALL, 1822LETTERS OF JONATHAN OLDSTYLE, GENT., 1824TALES OF A TRAVELLER, 1824A HISTORY AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, 1828THE CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA, 1829THE COMPANIONS OF COLUMBUS, 1831THE ALHAMBRA, 1832 - Alhambra

content: A TOUR ON THE PRAIRIES, 1835ABBOTSFORD AND NEWSTEAD ABBEY, 1835THE CRAYON MISCELLANY, 1835 (3 vols.)ASTORIA, 1836ESSAYS AND SKETCHES, 1837THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE, 1837THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH, 1840WORKS, 1848-51 (15 vols.)MAHOMET AND HIS SUCCESSORS, 1849THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1855-59WOLFERT'S ROOST, 1855SPANISH PAPERS AND OTHER MISCELLANIES, 1866ABU HASSAN, 1924THE WILD HUNTSMAN, 1924COMPLETE WORKS, 1969-89 (30 vols.)

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