Hiawatha: And Other Oral Legends, Mythologic And Allegoric, Of The North American Indians - Softcover
An incredible first-hand record of Native American myths and legends, collected during the exploration and studies of Henry R. Schoolcraft. TO PROF. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. SIR:— Permit me to dedicate to you, this volume of Indian myths and legends, derived from the story-telling circle of the native wigwams. That they indicate the possession, by the Vesperic tribes, of mental resources of a very characteristic kind—furnishing, in fact, a new point from which to judge the race, and to excite intellectual sympathies, you have most felicitously shown in your poem of Hiawatha. Not only so, but you have demonstrated, by this pleasing series of pictures of Indian life, sentiment, and invention, that the theme of the native lore reveals one of the true sources of our literary independence. Greece and Rome, England and Italy, have so long furnished, if they have not exhausted, the field of poetic culture, that it is, at least, refreshing to find both in theme and metre, something new. Very truly yours, HENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1518725546
- ISBN 13 9781518725548
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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