Conduct research on local legend the Meri wether Lewis National Monument ghost in the state of Tennessee.Retell the story in your own words, embellishing it much like Irving did his tales.

Tennessee Local Legend: Meriwether Lewis’ National Monument Ghost

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Tell a Local Legend

Washington Irving wrote the famous legends, “The Legendof SleepyHollow ” and “Rip Van Winkle.” Both of these legendsare set in theUpper New York state area. Irving had visited thehamlet of Sleepy Hollow in his youth and his estate, Sunnyside, wasonce owned by theVan Tassel family. Therefore, Irving incorporatedthis setting and thisfamily into the framework of Germanic legends to write”The Legend ofSleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle.” Also, Irvingcreated the oldgentleman, Diedrich Knickerbocker, as the source ofthese tales.

For the Paper, conduct research on local legend the Meri wether Lewis National Monument ghost in the state of Tennessee.Now retell the story in your own words, embellishing it much like Irving did his tales. Feel free to add details to make thestory longer and more interesting. Because legends are a part of the oraltradition, the originalstories have already been altered greatly over theyears.

The minimum length of the paper is two typed pages.

Be sure to turn inyour original source with your paper:https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/exhibits/myth/ghosts.htm

Be careful not to plagiarize your original source.Your paper must be in MLA style and include a Works Cited page.

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