“Others may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him.” ― Washington Irving

                
                                           Sleepy Hollow, Film version Trailer, Tim Burton, 1999

Born today Washington Irving, (born April 3, 1783, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Nov. 28, 1859, Tarrytown, N.Y.), is a writer called the “first American man of letters.” He is best known for the short stories “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle.”
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