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Article: PROFESSOR REAWAKENS RIP'S LEGACY VAN WINKLE CAROUSING, NOT SLEEPING, DURING 20-YEAR ABSENCE, S TORY SAYS.(Living Today)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 16, 1989
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Byline: Irene Gardner Keeney Staff writer
Once upon a time, as all good stories begin, an old man walked out of the mountains with a wondrous story.
He told a tale of helping a stout little man in old-fashioned clothing carry a keg of liquor up a mountain, where they came upon a group of similarly dressed men. He drank from the keg he helped carry - and fell asleep for 20 years.
The story of Rip Van Winkle, the cheerful ne'er-do-well, and his big sleep has long been a favorite of children of all ages. It first appeared in Washington Irving's "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent" (Heritage Press, 1939).
Now along comes a Dutchess ...