Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving - Paper Model Project Kit
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These paper models can be purchased starting at only $9.95 for the 7"x10", and $11.95 for the 10”x13” instant PDF downloads which can printed on any standard home or office printer on regular paper.
Pre-Printed & Shipped
If you don’t want to print them yourself, for only a few $s more, we will print them for you with high quality color printers, on thick card stock 60#+ paper for durability, and mailed directly to you the same day!
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Once I Have The Kit
Then, with only a pair of scissors, some glue, and about an hour you will transform these paper sheets into a true three-dimensional architectural replica or complete science project. All of the images in this site are of the actual models made from these kits! We even include a history of your project to write that report!
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Typical Kit Sample
Each kit is from 8 to 18 pages that when cut and assembled completes the model in the image. Each kit comes with an “exploded view” that shows how the pieces go together and the history to help you or your child complete their report in a single evening.
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Free History For Your Report
Sleepy Hollow
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a famous short story in English literature, written by Washington Irving and first included in his short-story compilation, “A Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.,” published in 1820. This story, along with “Rip Van Winkle” and also included in the same composition, is among the earliest American works that are still widely read today. This fictional piece tells the story of Ichabod Crane, and is set in the quiet settlement of Sleepy Hollow, located just outside of Tarry Town, New York, a Dutch settlement. In the story, Crane, who plays a schoolmaster who is a bit on the cowardly side, goes head-to-head against the rowdy town bully, Abraham “Brom Bones” Van Brunt, for the chance to win the heart of the young fair lady Katrina Van Tassel. The plot develops one night when Crane leaves the Van Tassel household, and is pursued relentlessly by the famed Headless Horseman, who is said to be the ghost of an American Revolutionary War hero whom lost his head in a battle. The town legend of the Headless Horseman is that he rides every night in quest for his head, and is anxious to behead others in his quest. His motivations for chasing Crane, in particular, are not clear, but he succeeds in running Crane from town. Van Brunt ends up marrying Van Tassel in Crane’s absence, but was told, “to look exceedingly knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was related.”
Irving briefly began military service in 1814 after the British attacked Washington, D.C., in The War of 1812. While Irving saw military action, especially during battles taking place along The Great Lakes, the financial repercussions of the war left his family in ruins. One year later, Irving returned to England to try to resurrect the vibrant trading company his family once had established there. During his seventeen years in England, Irving became a lawyer and served as an American diplomat for Britain and Spain, and learned Spanish, German, and Dutch, among other languages. In 1815, Irving went to explore other portions of Europe, and returned to England where he penned his famous Sleepy Hollow story. Irving promptly continued writing, penning other books in the historical- fiction genre such as “The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus” (1828) and “Conquest of Grenada” (1829). Also in 1829, while serving in the US Embassy in London, Irving penned, “Tales of the Alhambra,” a collection of short stories and sketches.
In 1832 Irving returned to The United States, but began focusing on the west rather than the familiar New England territory he grew up in. This exploration to the edge of the continent led to several other fictional and sometimes non-fiction controversial works, including, “A Tour on the Prairie” (1835), about which he wrote of the Europeans’ and Americans’ mishandling of Native American interests. Irving eventually returned to Tarry Town, New York, and continued writing, and became the first author to use the now- famous term “Gotham” as a literary allusion for New York City. Gotham would later be used in pop culture in the Batman comic book series. Irving passed away on November 28, 1859, but was quoted as saying as his final words before turning into bed that night, “Well, I must arrange my pillows for another weary night! If this could only end!” Fittingly, Irving was buried in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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