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Intrepid Ichabod

Intrepid Ichabod

Some of my favorite kind of heroes in stories are the unlikely heroes, the ones that aren’t bold, beautiful and obvious.  Ichabod Crane was a school teacher, and compared by some to a scarecrow that had abandoned his post in the fields.  He was not classically good looking, nor was he thought to be particularly brave, but he is the man we learn about in the story of the Headless Horseman. I love Tim Burton’s version of this story, and…

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