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" ... the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head; and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow, like a midnight blast, is owing to his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard... "
A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the ... - Page 338
by Robert Bolton - 1848
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The Treasury of American Short Stories

Fiction - 1981 - 828 pages
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Washington Irving's Tales of the Supernatural

Washington Irving - Fiction - 1982 - 340 pages
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Washington Irving: History, Tales & Sketches (LOA #16): The Sketch Book / A ...

Washington Irving - Fiction - 1983 - 1198 pages
...who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre, allege, that the body of the trooper having been buried in...and in a hurry to get back to the church yard before day break. Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has furnished materials...
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Hearthside Tales: Selections from The Sketch Book, Bracebridge Hall, and ...

Washington Irving - Fiction - 1983 - 246 pages
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The American Tradition in Literature

George B. Perkins - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 2156 pages
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American Literature: A Prentice Hall Anthology, Volume 1

Emory Elliott - Literary Collections - 1991 - 2152 pages
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving - Fiction - 1991 - 100 pages
...concerning this specter, allege that the body of the trooper, having been buried in the churchyard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly...his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak. Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has furnished...
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American Gothic Tales

Various - Fiction - 1996 - 564 pages
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Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1

George McMichael, Frederick C. Crews - Fiction - 1997 - 2244 pages
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