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The Song of Hiawatha.
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1887
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Stockbridge, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1855., 1855. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing ; iv, 316, [4], [12] pp. ; First State copy with all points present ; brown, blind stamped cloth ; nick from corner of back endpaper ; p.27, line 9 "heron"; pg.32, line 11 "In the Moon"; pg.39, line 11 and pg.268, lines 11 and 14, "Wahonomin", not "wahonourn"; pg.96, "Dove" instead of "Dived"; pg.278 "Cooed the Omemee", not "pigeon" ; contains the 12-page catalogue of books for sale at back, with the date "November, 1855"; two owner names, one on front endpaper, the second on flyleaf ; slight knock ; slight foxing ; else a VG copy of this important title. ; Contents: Introduction -- I. The Peace-pipe -- II. The Four Winds. -- III. Hiawatha's Childhood . -- IV. Hiawatha And Mudjekeewis . -- V. Hiawatha's Fasting -- VI. Hiawatha's Friends . -- VII. Hiawatha's Sailing -- VIII. Hiawatha's Fishing . -- IX. Hiawatha And The Pearl-feather -- X. Hiawatha's Wooing . -- XI. Hiawatha's Wedding-feast . -- XII. The Son Of The Evening Star . -- XIII. Blessing The Corn-fields . -- XIV. Picture-writing -- XV. Hiawatha's Lamentation -- XVI. Pau-puk-keewis -- XVII. The Hunting Of Pau-puk-keewis -- XVIII. The Death Of Kwasind -- XIX. The Ghosts -- XX. The Famine -- XXI. The White Man's Foot . -- XXII. Hiawatha's Departure ; VG.
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.
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- Bookseller
- Joseph Valles - Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005733
- Title
- The Song of Hiawatha.
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1887
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1855.
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- poetry longfellow hiawatha indian legends myth ojibwe native american henry wadsworth arrows beauty beaver behold beneath Big-Sea-Water birch canoe birds bison Bowl branches breath Chibiabos corn-fields cried Dacotahs Dance darkness daughter deer deer-sk
- Bookseller catalogs
- Catalog 77 - Poetry;
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