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Steve Wiggins and Sleepy Hollow as American Myth

Steve Wiggins is a frequent guest here at TheoFantastique. I love his work, and his latest book is now exception with Sleepy Hollow as American Myth: Irving's Story Retold, Adapted and Cemented in Popular Culture (McFarland, 2025). In this book, Wiggins takes us into the labyrinth of the myth of the headless horseman, I figure I was first introduced to in Disney's The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. It has stuck with me ever since. Perhaps the same is true for you. At any rate, if you have an interest in exploring Washington Irving's story and its transformation into an American Myth, this is the book for you. From the book's description: Set near Tarrytown, New York, Washington Irving's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" has become mythic in American culture. Its repeated reconceptions range from written works such as Christopher Golden and Ford Lytle Gilmore's Horseman (2005) and Austin Dragon's two Hunt for the Foul Murderer of Ichabod Crane books (2015) to film and TV adaptations such as Etienne Arnaud's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1912), Edward D. Venturini's The Headless Horseman (1922), Disney's The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949), Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Fox Television's Sleepy Hollow (2013-17) that combined Sleepy Hollow's Ichabod Crane with Irving's other creation, Rip Van Winkle. This book explores the tale's host of afterlives, tracing its path from a gothic, comic story of Crane's encounter with the ominous Headless Horseman to Halloween and horror icon and cultural landmark for generations. Purchase the book: Amazon - https://a.co/d/fkRrfbd McFarland - https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/sl... Steve Wiggins blog: https://steveawiggins.com/