Countryman Press
Chasing the Headless Horseman
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Author: J. W. Ocker
ISBN: 9781324112228
Publisher: Countryman Press
Published: 2026
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 288
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description:
This immersive travelogue investigates the town that inspired Washington Irving's famous short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and dives into the storied history of the Headless Horseman's stomping grounds. Within the pages you'll visit the village's graveyard where Irving himself is buried and explore all the present-day spookiness of one of the strangest towns in the country.
Blending cultural criticism and behind-the-scenes reporting, Ocker uncovers the tensions between tourism and tradition, profit and preservation, fiction and fact. With wit and curiosity, Chasing the Headless Horseman tells the story of how one small town reinvented itself as America's Halloween capital, complete with statues, street signs, and an 18-foot-tall Headless Horseman. A must-read for anyone who loves ghost stories, Halloween, or small-town drama, Ocker's new book does for Sleepy Hollow, New York, what his A Season with the Witch did for Salem, Massachusetts.
