X., Washington Irving. Skip to content Skip to site index ... Story of Work and Success of a Famous American. Share full article. WILLIAM WALLACE WHITELOCK. Aug. 31, 1901; ...

Washington Irving. Share full article. Jan. 5, 1860. Credit... The New York Times Archives. ... we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. From the London Morning Herald. ...

Famed New York writer Washington Irving visited Arkansas Territory in 1832 as he concluded a tour of the western frontier. Irving is best known for his short stories, his most famous being "The ...

Washington Irving penned his famous "Sketch Book" between 1819-1820. In it were his stories including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," in which a man falls asleep in the woods ...

Meet Washington Irving, author of America's most famous ghost story. Learn the fascinating story of Washington Irving, America's first celebrity author and creator of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." ...

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Two hundred years ago, Washington Irving created a character who's haunted generations ever since, the Headless Horseman. We meet him in "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" when a ...

Meet Washington Irving, author of America's most famous ghost story. Learn the fascinating story of Washington Irving, America's first celebrity author and creator of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." ...

Fox Nation's 'Washington Irving: The Father of Halloween and Christmas' explores the iconic author's contributions to the celebrations of both holidays in America today.

Mathew Brady’s famous daguerrotype of Washington Irving. In the decades after the Revolutionary War, traditional Christmas celebrations had fallen out of favor, according to Andrew Burstein, author of ...