About Washinton Irving. From Historic Hudson Valley website: http://www.hudsonvalley.org/education/Background/abt_irving/abt_irving.html on June 10, 2009.
This is website gives a short summary of Washington Irving’s life. It also takes you to another page where one can read about Sunnyside the place where Irving died.
Badertscher, Eric. “Washington Irving: Early Life and Education.” Washington Irving; 2006, p1, 1pERIC Document Reproduction Service
This article looks deep into the beginning years of Washington Irving’s life. It also looks at the short story “Rip Van Winkle” and how it relates to the American people. It states how Rip lives as a very lazy laid back man and awakes to a busy fast paced society. He leaves for the mountains as a child and is able to skip not just adulthood but the things that come with it.
Badertscher, Eric. “Washington Irving: Later Life and Writings, 1832-1859.”Washington Irving; 2006, p3, 1p ERIC Document Reproduction Service
This article looks at Irving’s later years. This is the period after he wrote “Rip Van Winkle” and when he settled down in his home looking over the Hudson River.
Ferguson, Robert A. “Rip Van Winkle and the Generational Divide in American Culture.” Early American Literature; Nov2005, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p529-544, 16p ERIC Document Reproduction Service
In this article we gain a better understanding of Rip as a character. We also see how the short story “Rip Van Winkle” and “Sleepy Hollow” are connected.
Irving, Washington. “Rip Van Winkle.” http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Irving/Winkle/Irving_Winkle.pdf
This is an online version of the short story, “Rip Van Winkle”.
Pollard, Finn. “From Beyond the Grave and Across the Ocean: Washington Irving and the Problem of Being a Questioning American, 1809–2” American Nineteenth Century History, Mar2007, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p81 ERIC Document Reproduction Service
This article looks at Washington Irving as a writer and how his writing spans a large group of literature. This also looks at how his writing reflects him having immigrant parents, living in America, and his time spent out of the country.
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Audio stories are a good source of entertainment for the children. It would be a perfect gift if you would buy a couple of audio stories and other audio books for your children.
Comment by John Hill 11.03.09 @ 1:56 pm