When Ichabod Crane became the new schoolmaster of Sleepy Hollow, he quickly and happily adjusted to the local ways. He came to love the idea of marrying Katrina Van Tassel. There was only one problem with his plans, Brom Bones, local hero. Washington Irving's tale of romantic rivalry along the Hudson climaxes with the appearance of one of the great legendary spooks of all time: The Headless Horseman.