This story was allegedly a posthumously published work of a man who studied "genuine" families from a certain country "with the zeal of a bookworm."
This story was allegedly a posthumously published work of a man who studied "genuine" families from a certain country "with the zeal of a bookworm." Children in this story are described as being as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody, and one character refuses to work on his farm, where nothing grows well. This story's protagonist listens to schoolmaster ($) Derrick read lengthy words in newspapers while in Nicholas Vedder's inn, which has the portrait of the country's current leader on the front. The protagonist of this story declares himself to be a loyal subject of (*) George III, only to find out that he has missed the Revolutionary War. The title character drinks a bit too much while watching Henry Hudson's ghostly crew play ninepins. For ten points, identify this story of a man who sleeps in the Catskills for twenty years, written by Washington Irving.
This story was allegedly a posthumously published work of a man who studied "genuine" families from a certain country "with the zeal of a bookworm."
“{Rip van Winkle}”