Sleepy Hollow Book Characters. He is described as an extremely superstitious, tall and lanky schoolmaster from connecticut. First published 200 years ago in irving’s collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled “the sketch book of geoffrey crayon.”.
He is tall and extremely thin with a huge appetite and a certain amount of greed. He is described as an extremely superstitious, tall and lanky schoolmaster from connecticut. Constable ichabod crane (johnny depp) of the new york city police arrives in the small village of sleepy hollow in 1799 to solve a mystery of murders.
In “the legend of sleepy hollow,” ichabod is a rather comedic and foolish protagonist.
Ichabod crane is the central protagonist of the legend of sleepy hollow. List of characters from the fox supernatural drama television series sleepy hollow, which is loosely based on the 1820 halloween short story the legend of sleepy hollow by washington irving with added concepts from rip van winkle, also by irving. He is tall and extremely thin with a huge appetite and a certain amount of greed. Old brouwer an inhabitant of sleepy hollow who never believed in ghosts—that is, until he supposedly meets the headless horseman while out riding one night, and upon reaching the bridge to the church, is thrown into the brook under it.