Evangeline Av Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

<p>Longfellow insisted, "I can give chapter and verse for these legends. Their chief value is that they are Indian legends."</p><p>Longfellow's sources for the legends and ethnography found in his poem were the Ojibwe...

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...

<p><I>The Song of Hiawatha</I> (1855) is an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A master of poetic tradition and form, Longfellow wrote <I>The Song of Hiawatha</I> in trochaic tetrameter, the meter of such classical...