To accompany this noble poem, Mr. Galdone has created sweeping pictures that catch the urgency of the event, the New England setting, and the men that rose to the call. Children will enjoy this presentation.

The Inferno is the first part of Dante Alighieri's famous epic The Divine Comedy. In it, Dante is guided through Hell by the Roman poet Virgil. This edition is translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

"New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini celebrates Christmas, past and present, with a wondrous novel inspired by the classic poem "Christmas Bells," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I heard the bells on Christmas Day/ Their old familiar carols play/ And wild and sweet/ The words repeat/Of peace on earth, good-will to men! In 1860, the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow family celebrated Christmas at Craigie House, their home in Cambridge, Massachusetts....

The famous narrative poem recreating Paul Revere's midnight ride in 1775 to warn the people of the Boston countryside that the British were coming.

Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie is an epic poem which follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians. Evangeline describes the betrothal of a fictional Acadian girl named Evangeline Bellefontaine to her beloved, Gabriel Lajeunesse, and their separation as the British deport the Acadians from Acadie in the Great Upheaval. The poem then follows Evangeline across the...

Dante Alighieri ; translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; with an introduction and notes by Peter Bondanella and Julia Conaway Bondanella ; illustrations by Gustave Doré.

An illustrated selection of twenty-seven complete or excerpted poems by the renowned nineteenth-century New England poet. Also includes information about his life.

A collection of representative works reflecting the mild and gentle nature of the poet.