Meet The American Who Conjured Up ‘Legend Of Sleepy Hollow': Washington Irving, First US Celebrity...

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Learn the fascinating story of Washington Irving, America's first celebrity author and creator of ⁘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.⁘

The tale trots breathlessly more than 200 years later as one of the world's most famous ghost stories — remade in many versions and retold in scores of languages.

Irving rode the spooky steed himself into global fame and a legacy as the first international celebrity born in the new nation.

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"He had talent, movie-star good looks and a charm that endeared him to his audience," writes author Brian Jay Jones in his 2008 biography, "Washington Irving: An American Original."

He influenced and inspired younger authors on both sides of the Atlantic: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lord Byron and fellow masters of the ghost tale Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley.