Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807 ? 1882

• Known For: Poet
• Maine Connection: Born in Portland, Maine; graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine; taught at Bowdoin College

Resources

Selected Books by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie, c1847.
• The Courtship of Miles Standish and other Poems, 1858.
• Tales of a Wayside Inn, 1863.
• The Song of Hiawatha, 1855.
• Paul Revere’s Ride, 1860.

Selected Books about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• American Genius: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Libby Hughes, 2006.
• Longfellow Redux by Christoph Irmscher, 2006.
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his Portland Home, by Joyce Butler, c2004.

Selected Books for Young Adults and Children

• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: America's Beloved Poet by Bonnie L. Lukes, 2003.
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: His Life by Catherine Owens Peare, c1953.

Selected Websites

• A Maine Historical Society Web Site: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Maine Memory Network: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Isle of Wight, 1868
• Maine Writers Entry