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Washington Irving

(1783 - 1859)

About Washington Irving

WASHINGTON IRVING was born in New York City to Scottish immigrant parents. Considered by some the "Father of American Literature," Irving is best known for his short stories, including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," but he also produced an extensive bibliography of essays, poems, travel books, and biographies.

Non fiction

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville (1837)
Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (1839)
Life of George Washington (1856)
Bracebridge Hall (1865)
aka The Humorists

Anthologies containing stories by Washington Irving

A Century of Humour (1925)
A Second Round of Tales (1926)
American Ghost Stories (1928)
A Century of Creepy Stories (1934)
The Great Book of Humour (1935)
The Great Book of Thrillers (1935)
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936)
Tales of the Supernatural (1962)
An ABC of Science Fiction (1966)
Where Nightmares Are (1966)
Rod Serling's Devils and Demons (1967)
The 7th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1971)
Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America Volume 2 (1972)
The Nightmare Reader Volume 1 (1973)
Summoned from the Tomb (1973)
The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories XIII: Russian, etc. and XIV: American (1976)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
The 19th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1983)
Devilish Doings (1985)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
Great Short Stories of the World (1986)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)

Short stories

	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1819)
	Rip Van Winkle (1820)
	The Spectre Bridegroom (1820)
	The Bold Dragoon (1824)
	The Adventure of the German Student (1825)
	Governor Manco and the Soldier (1832)
	The Legend of Don Munio Sancho De Hinojosa (1832)
	Legend of the Two Discreet Statues (1832)
	Guests from Gibbet Island (1855)
	The Adventure of the Mason
	The Angler
	The Broken Heart
	The Chronicles of the Reign of William the Testy
	The Conquest By the Moon
	The Crole Village
	The Devil and Tom Walker
	The Field of Waterloo
	The Governor and the Notary
	The Grand Prairie-A Buffalo Hunt
	The Pride of the Village
	The Stout Gentleman: a Stage Coach Romance
	Traits of Indian Character
	The Voyage
	The Wife

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