Sleepy Hollow as American Myth

<p> 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 <I>Horseman</I> (2005) and Austin Dragon's two <I>Hunt for the Foul Murderer of Ichabod Crane</I> books (2015) to film and TV adaptations such as Etienne Arnaud's <I>The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</I> (1912), Edward D. Ven