Product DescriptionIn the first of these stories, Rip van Winkle sleeps for over twenty years, and then wakes up to a world that he no longer understands. In the other story, Ichabod Crane, the school teacher, meets a headless rider in the middle of a dark night. These two classic tales of the supernatural byWashington Irving have been popular for nearly two hundred years.About the AuthorWashington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author of the early 19th century.