The Song of Hiawatha.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855.
Price: $750.00
About the item
First edition, first printing, with all the points. 316 pp., + 12 pp. ads, dated November 1855. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth, gilt lettered spine. Fresh, near fine copy. BAL 12112.
Item #346863
Influenced by Schoolcraft and other writers of Indian folk-lore and legends, Longfellow created his poem based upon the legendary Hiawatha.