{"product_id":"chasing-the-headless-horseman-the-history-hijinks-and-halloweens-of-the-real-sleepy-hollow-9781324112228","title":"Chasing the Headless Horseman: The History, Hijinks, and Halloweens of the Real Sleepy Hollow","description":"\u003cp\u003eNational best-selling and Edgar Award-winning travel writer J. W. Ocker investigates the town that inspired Washington Irving's famous short story, \"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.\" Ocker dives into the storied history of the Headless Horseman's stomping grounds, visiting the village's graveyard where Irving himself is buried and exploring all the present-day spookiness of one of the strangest towns in the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending travelogue, 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, \u003cem\u003eChasing the Headless Horseman\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eA Season with the Witch\u003c\/em\u003e did for Salem, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Countryman Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324112228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/03\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"J. W. Ocker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933882806453,"sku":"9781324112228","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/chasing-the-headless-horseman-the-history-hijinks-and-halloweens-of-the-real-sleepy-hollow-9781324112228","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}