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. The Song of Hiawatha is an epic poem centering around a Native American warrior of the Ojibwe tribe and his tragic love.