Chronicles of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow: Life, Customs, Myths and Legends

Edgar Mayhew Bacon (Author) Jonathan Kruk (Foreword by)

Description

"Bacon chronicles with florid descriptions...and, above all, stories well told. His work shows Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow abound with tales of national significance."
- From the foreword by Master Storyteller Jonathan Kruk, author of Legends and Lore of Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson Valley

Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has forever made the locale immortal in American history. In Chronicles of Tarrytown and Sleep Hollow, historian Edgar Mayhew Bacon brings the world of early America to life with true tales about The Old Dutch Church (the setting for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow), Sunnyside, and the area's role in the American Revolution. Also included is a chapter of "Myths and Legends" and the story of The Headless Hessian.

Includes black and white illustrations and a fold out map.

Product Details

Price

$18.95 $17.62

Publisher

Hva Press

Publish Date

September 11, 2018

Pages

220

Dimensions

4.7 X 0.6 X 6.9 inches | 0.5 pounds

Language

English

Type

Paperback

EAN/UPC

9781948697002

BISAC Categories:

United States - General

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About the Author

Edgar Mayhew Bacon was born a U.S. citizen in Nassau in 1855 and spent most of his life in the Tarrytown area. Before becoming a historian and writer, he worked in a bookstore in Albany. He was married in 1903 to Anna Beard. He was a member of the Reformed Dutch Church of Tarrytown, American Historians Association, and the National Geographic Society. He died in 1935 and is buried at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York.

Born in El Paso, Texas, but raised in Westchester County, New York, Jonathan Kruk grew up on tall tales and daydreams. Jonathan made storytelling his full-time career in 1989. Every year, he performs for thousands of children at hundreds of schools, libraries and historic sites in the Hudson Valley and Metropolitan New York. Kruk's performances of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and A Christmas Carol for Historic Hudson Valley sell out each year. Jonathan's been featured on the Travel Channel, CBS Sunday Morning and BBC Great Rain Journeys and is currently heard on WAMC's Listen with the Lights On. Jonathan lives in a cottage in the Hudson Highlands with his wife, actress and filmmaker Andrea Sadler. For more information, go to his website, www.jonathankruk.com.

Reviews

"Bacon chronicles with florid descriptions...and, above all, stories well told. His work shows Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow abound with tales of national significance."
- From the foreword by Master Storyteller Jonathan Kruk, author of Legends and Lore of Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson Valley

"The most authentic (of) historians of those parts...."
-Washington Irving

"Mr. Bacon is a thorough master of his subject, and writes with grace, vivacity and good judgment."
- The Era Magazine, review for Bacon's Narragansett Bay

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