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Off the Path

The legend of Sleepy Hollow lives on

By Davis Dunavin
Published October 27, 2023 at 12:29 PM EDT
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Storyteller Jonathan Kruk and his puppet accomplices recount the "legend of Sleepy Hollow" at Sunnyside, Washington Irving's historic Tarrytown house.
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Storyteller Jonathan Kruk and his puppet accomplices recount the "legend of Sleepy Hollow" at Sunnyside, Washington Irving's historic Tarrytown house.

In 1820, Washington Irving wrote a short story steeped in the ghostly folklore of New York’s Hudson Valley. Its simple premise and terrifying climax has spooked and entertained people for two centuries. It was set in North Tarrytown, but Irving called it Sleepy Hollow.

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Davis Dunavin
Davis Dunavin loves telling stories, whether on the radio or around the campfire. He started in Missouri and ended up in Connecticut, which, he'd like to point out, is the same geographic trajectory taken by Mark Twain.
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