Washington Irving was a prominent American author, historian, and diplomat in the early 19th century. Irving was one of the first American writers to earn international fame and he helped influence other great authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville. Some of Irving's classics include The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Tales of the Alhambra, and Rip Van Winkle. Tales of the Alhambra, published in 1832, is a collection of...