Talk:The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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[edit] Villages
The villages of Kinderhook and Valatie, New York (they're actually both part of the Town of Kinderhook) insist that Washington Irving was staying there at the time that he wrote the book, and that Ichabod Crane was based on local schoolmaster Jesse Irwin and Katrina Van Tassel was Katrina Van Allen (or Van Alyn), both of whom were resident in Valatie at the time. Irwin's schoolhouse, known as Ichabod Crane's Schoolhouse, still exists, and has been moved to the property of the historic Van Alyn House (the same family as Katrina is said to be from). The Valatie school district (which also serves most of the surrounding rural area) is the Ichabod Crane Central School District. I didn't want to mess with the page though..
[edit] Legend of Sleepy Hollow not based on Sleepy Hollow?
The Modern Library anthology Irving: History, Tales and Stories ISBN 0-940450-14-3 provides a chronology of Irving's life which shows that at the time Irving was staying at the Van Ness home in Kinderhook in the spring of 1809, he was writing A History of New York. It would be another 8 years before Irving began work on The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (including Rip van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow), at which point he had been residing in England for several years. Also major landmarks in The Legend are easily documented in what are now the villages of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow. See List of locations related to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Irving himself is buried within sight of the grave stone of Catriena Ecker Van Tassel and Abraham "Brom" Martling. SHC 00:03, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Frazetta artwork
Has copyright clearance been made for the artwork by Frank Frazetta? — Walloon 20:23, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Real horseman
I read on a site, I'll find it later, that there really was Hessian whose head was shot off with a cannon, and his body was buried in a seperate part of the cemetary of Valatie and Kinderhook. This was part of where Irving got his story, or so I've read. Should we add this? -Alex, 12.220.157.93 00:01, 11 February 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Re: Real horseman
Alex, the web page you reference contains unverifiable claims. See my comments above (Legend of Sleepy Hollow not based on Sleepy Hollow?) on the spurious reports of Kinderhook and Valatie being the setting for this story. SHC 12:18, 11 February 2006
[edit] Van Tassel
Whether or not "van" is normally capitalized in Dutch surnames, Irving's story does capitalize it, in all usages, including when the surname stands alone. — Walloon 05:55, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
I have revised the sentence, "The denouement of the fictional tale is set at the bridge in the real location of the Old Dutch Burying Ground in Sleepy Hollow (formerly North Tarrytown), adjacent to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery." The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery did not exist when the story was written (much less when the story was set). I'm sure the author of that sentence knew that, but some readers may be confused and assume that it was around in Ichabod's time. The "External Links" at the bottom of the article does provide the distinction that the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery was founded in 1849, and is adjacent to but separate from the Old Dutch Burying Ground. — Walloon 11:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 1980
The article doesn't make mention of the 1980 version with Jeff Goldblum. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079453/ Hackwrench 03:47, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
