Some of the houses of the original settlers from the book ' Rip Van Winkle ' by Washington Irving, 1783-1859; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1867-1939 Publication date 1919 Publisher New York Doubleday, Page "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their liquor and falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains. He awakes 20 years later to a very changed world, having missed the American Revolution.

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Location: Catskill Mountains, New York, USA
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