When this young country was struggling to its feet, the idea of a young man devoting himself exclusively to the writing of fiction was regarded as most peculiar and certainly unwise. But Washington Irving set his course early in life and never swerved from it. By the time he reached his thirties, he was not only acclaimed by his own countrymen and immensely popular, he was also hugely loved. Listen now to his story of the Specter Bridegroom...