Washington Irving, comparing "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and !The Devil and Tom Walker"

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…of the supernatural in both stores is evident between the Devil and Tom Walker and Icabod and the Headless Horsemen. Washington Irving was a romantic writer who heavily relied on the supernatural. He also use a lot of nature in his stories. Irving, who had no formal schooling, relied on reading as a way of gaining knowledge. Reading many books in his life may have influenced on of the most popular writers of all time.