Publisher's Synopsis
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a prominent 19th-century American poet. Longfellow was also the most famous of the fireside poets, a group that was associated with the New England area with domestic and moral themes. Some of Longfellow's greatest work includes The Song of Hiawatha, Evangeline, and Paul Revere's Ride. Evangeline is an epic poem that centers around an Acadian girl who is searching for her lost love during the Expulsion of the Acadians.