Rip Van Winkle

by Washington Irving, Tara Tokarski (Illustrator), Terry Hooker (Editor)

Overview

Rip Van Winkle was one of America's first short stories published in 1819 by American author Washington Irving.

The story is set in Colonial America and follows an American-Dutch villager named Rip Van Winkle from his village into the mysterious Katskill mountains. There he meets a ghost-gnome and ends up falling asleep, missing the entire revolutionary war.

Come follow Rip in one of America's most charming folk tales.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781078711845
Publisher:	Kim Idynne
Publication date:	09/18/2019
Pages:	70
Sales rank:	856,912
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.31(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Washington Irving was an American author. Born in 1783 Irving wrote under the name of Geoffrey Crayon and is best known for The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon a publication that came out in 7 installments between 1818 and 1820.
Within the publication, you can find Irving's best-known stories, Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hallow. Which have been called some of America’s first short stories?
Irving spun several stories that featured the New York Hudson River area. He was an essayist, diplomat, historian, and biographer. Shortly after completing a series of biographical publication on George Washington. Irving died in 1859 and is appropriately buried in the Sleepy Hollow Graveyard.