In the first biography of Longfellow in almost fifty years, Charles C.
Calhoun seeks to solve a mystery: Why has one of America\'s most famous writers fallen into oblivion? His answer to this question takes us through a Life story that reads like a Victorian family saga and reveals the man who introduced Americans to the literatures of other countries while creating a gallery of American icons - among them Paul Revere, John and Priscilla Alden, Miles Standish, the Village Blacksmith, Hiawatha,.
In the first biography of Longfellow in almost fifty years, Charles C