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Hiawatha
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Seabrook, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Rare Book. Published by M.A. Donahue, Chicago, circa 1880; 4X6" high, 256 p.ps. including 244 devoted to the poem itself; Hard Cover; condition: VERY GOOD! The introduction was originally read to large audiences in the 1800s in both North America & Europe. The book includes all 17 chapters of the original poem & author's protected picture on page facing title page. Also has many illustrations of Native American tools, etc., The Mylar-protected brown covers have light tan decorative cloth covering spine adjacent 2" portion of covers. Lettering on spine only is completely illegible; light edge wear & a 1/4" blemish on back. Inside covers & f.f.e.p. have light water marks, full length split after the f.f.e.p. & pages lightly warped. Overall. book condition is VERY GOOD!
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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Details
- Bookseller
- volumes2001
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU09003
- Title
- Hiawatha
- Author
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- unknown
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- M.A. Donahue
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- circ. 1880
- Pages
- 256
- Size
- 4x6"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Poetry; Native American related; Classic writing;
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