Hiawatha's Childhood [The Visual Series].
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, edited by Agnes Nightingale:
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- Paperback
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About This Item
London: A & C Black, no date [c. 1950]. No edition stated (softcover). 8vo (23cm by 18cm), 48pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Original printed card wrappers. The contents are lightly thumbed, and two of the illustrations have been (neatly) coloured in; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.
Synopsis
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.
Reviews
On Apr 25 2022, a reader said:
The story of Hiawatha's childhood, growing up close to nature and influenced by his grandmother Nokomis, is interesting indeed. Hiawatha's use of poetic devices makes this work vivid and appealing.
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- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited
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- 65739
- Title
- Hiawatha's Childhood [The Visual Series].
- Author
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, edited by Agnes Nightingale:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- London: A & C Black, no date [c. 1950].
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