Publisher's Synopsis
The story takes place in 1784 around the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town (Tarrytown, New York), in a valley called Sleepy Hollow section. This is known for its ghosts and haunted atmosphere that permeates the imagination of its inhabitants and visitors. The most infamous spectrum of the place is the Headless Horseman, who is said to be the ghost of a former Hessian soldier who reached a cannonball in the head during "a battle unnamed" of the American Revolutionary War and who "rides to the battle scene in a night search of his head"
