Song of Hiawatha, The
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Pictorial Boards
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Contents appear as unblemished with small light green, decorated cloth covered boards displaying minimal surface/edge wear, as shown. Light rubbing to spine.
.Inscribed "Walter Shank. .. Presented to Carmen Green from Grandpa Shank on September 1, 1979 ……… For Perfect attendance and most chapters memorized."
Undated publication by Grosset and Dunlap. The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem, in trochaic tetrameter, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, featuring an Indian hero and loosely based on legends and ethnography of the Ojibwe (Chippewa, Anishinaabeg) and other Native American peoples contained in Algic
Researches and additional writings of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. In sentiment, scope, overall conception, and many particulars, the poem is very much a work of American Romantic literature, not a representation of Native American oral tradition, although Longfellow insisted, "I can give chapter and verse for these legends. Their chief value is that they are Indian legends."
The infectious rhythm of The Song of Hiawatha has drawn millions to the shores of Gitchee Gumee. Once there, they've stayed to hear about the young brave with the magic moccasins, who talks with animals and uses his supernatural gifts to bring peace and enlightenment to his people. This 1855 masterpiece combines romance and idealism in an idyllic natural setting. Poetry
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From the book:The Song of Hiawatha is based on the legends and stories of many North American Indian tribes, but especially those of the Ojibway Indians of northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. They were collected by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, the reknowned historian, pioneer explorer, and geologist. He was superintendent of Indian affairs for Michigan from 1836 to 1841. Schoolcraft married Jane, O-bah-bahm-wawa-ge-zhe-go-qua (The Woman of the Sound Which the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky), Johnston. Jane was a daughter of John Johnston, an early Irish fur trader, and O-shau-gus-coday-way-qua (The Woman of the Green Prairie), who was a daughter of Waub-o-jeeg (The White Fisher), who was Chief of the Ojibway tribe at La Pointe, Wisconsin. Jane and her mother are credited with having researched, authenticated, and compiled much of the material Schoolcraft included in his Algic Researches (1839) and a revision published in 1856 as The Myth of Hiawatha. It was this latter revision that Longfellow used as the basis for The Song of Hiawatha.
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- Title
- Song of Hiawatha, The
- Author
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Pictorial Boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- ca1900 Undated
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry
- Size
- 300 Pages
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