Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Portrait and Background
In 1807, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine. The stories of American history fascinated him and provided a backdrop for his many poems. Incorporating historical facts into his best-known works, Longfellow also created myths and legends. His poems cover various time frames, such as Native-American oral history (The Song of Hiawatha), the Acadian diaspora (Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie) and the first skirmish of the American Revolution (Paul Revere's Ride). CreditsImage appears in Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women in Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinick. (New York: Johnson, Wilson & Company, 1873.) Library of Congress. |
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Biographies
- Anthony, Susan B.
- Attila the Hun
- Beethoven's Hair
- Benedict Arnold
- Brockovich, Erin
- Chronicles of Narnia
History
- American Colonies
- American Revolution - Highlights
- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Assassination of John F. Kennedy
- Auschwitz: Place of Horrors
- Book Burning and Censorship
Disasters
- America Attacked: 9/11
- Black Death
- Challenger Disaster
- Columbia Space Shuttle Explosion
- Fatal Voyage: The Titanic
- Galveston and the Great Storm of 1900