Haunted Travels in the Hudson River Valley of Washington Irving

Description

Journey from Sleepy Hollow to the Catskills, exploring the folklore, hauntings and magic of this historic region

Discover the haunted landscape of the Hudson River Valley and explore the history, legends and folklore of the region that Washington Irving wove into an American archetype. From Sleepy Hollow to the Catskills, these travelogues inform as well as entertain, and act as a guide to this mystical region. Including Irving and Christmas ghost stories, a haunting in New Amsterdam and walking and dining in the footsteps of Poe in New York City. With over 100 original images, plus excerpts from Irving and other literary giants.

176 Pages, Color cover, over a hundred black and white illustrations.

Includes:

• Return to Sleepy Hollow … Washington Irving returned to Sleepy Hollow and revisited the inspiration for the legend, wanting to see if the old magic was there. Includes tours of his home, Sunnyside, Philipsburg Manor, the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow and other sites featured in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
• Daily Life of the 19th Century: Patent Medications and  Homeopathic cures at Washington Irving’s Sunnyside
• True Confessions: In which the author relates his own supernatural encounters in the land of Sleepy Hollow
• Daily Life of the American Colonies: Spoons
• The legend comes to life with Jonathan Kruk in the  Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow
• Tip your hat to the Imp of Donder-Berg mountain, who still haunts the highlands of the Hudson River
• Peter Stuyvesant: A citizen of old New Amsterdam, carrying on nearly 400 years later in New York City
• Eating Poe Part III: Poe’s life New York City, where he found fame, tragedy & madness, and I search Il Buco for The Cask of Amontillado
• Historical attractions in Gotham: A gin-soaked stroll through Manhattan
• Christmas Ghost Stories: The Ghost of Christmas Past Goes Further Back Than You Might Realize
• Exploring the imagination of Washington Irving and early American folklore along the Rip Van Winkle Trail in the Catskills
• Into the Mystic: Looking for the beating heart of the Hudson valley and finding it inside myself