![]() ![]() ![]() As he tries to wriggle himself into Tarrytown society, he earns a rival for Katrina’s affection: The handsome local gentlemen named Abraham, but called Brom Bones by his friends. ![]() He immediately becomes obsessed with two things: the ghosts and Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful daughter of one of the wealthiest men in town. Ichabod is a grasping, gluttonous, judgmental social climber - and a _terrible_singer. Unable to rest, he rides his mighty black steed through the local woods on a nightly quest for his head. The ghost story the townsfolk most like to tell is that of the infamous Headless Horseman, the spirit of a Hessian soldier whose head was blown off by a cannonball during ‘some nameless battle’ of the American Revolution. Some people even whisper that the town is bewitched. The residents of the town are said to possess a dreamy quality. Tucked away in the secluded valley of Sleepy Hollow, it’s a primarily Dutch settlement that’s well known for its ghost stories. The story begins in 1790 when our mostly unlikeable hero - school teacher Ichabod Cran - arrives in the village of Tarrytown in upstate New York. But if you’ve never read the original source material, you are in for a treat. This is one of those stories that’s seeped into our shared consciousness: gangly Ichabod Crane, the spine-chilling headless horseman, a flaming pumpkin. ![]()
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