{"product_id":"chasing-the-headless-horseman-the-history-hijinks-and-halloweens-of-the-real-sleepy-hollow","title":"Chasing the Headless Horseman: The History, Hijinks, and Halloweens of the Real Sleepy Hollow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWelcome to the real Sleepy Hollow—where one of America's most famous ghost stories has become a way of life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor more than two centuries, Washington Irving's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has sent chills down readers' spines with the unforgettable tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut what happens when a fictional ghost becomes part of a real town's identity?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdgar Award-winning travel writer J. W. 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