The Song of Hiawatha

A long narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in 1855, telling the life story of the Ojibway hero Hiawatha in verse adapted from the Finnish Kalevala, drawing on Native American legends collected by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic poetry›American poetry›Colonial times to 1860

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Teens›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic poetry