The Song of Hiawatha. by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Overview

This handsome, new, and freshly reset edition (the only unabridged version in print) presents the full text and includes the original Remington illustrations as well as a glossary of the Indian names and their meanings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781425531966
Publisher:	University of Michigan Library
Publication date:	09/13/2006
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27th, 1807 - March 24th, 1882) was an American poet whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", “The Song of Hiawatha”, and “Evangeline”. He was one of the most popular American poets of his day.

After his family moved from Hungary to the USA, ALEX BLUM studied at the National Academy of Design in New York. He eventually joined the Eisner-Iger shop, and in 1939, he started illustrating 'Samson' and 'Eagle' for Fox. In 1940 he illustrated 'Purple Trio', 'Neon' and 'Strange Twins' for Quality Comics. In the same year, Blum started contributing to Fiction House, illustrating 'Red Comet', 'Kaanga', 'Midnight' and 'Greasemonkey Griffin' among others. He was presumably also the artist behind the pseudonym Armand Budd, that also drew for Fiction House.

Alex Blum was a top artist for the Classics Illustrated series from the early issues. He illustrated over 25 Classics and stood out for his use of theatrical dramatics, which is probably why he illustrated three of the five Shakespeare Classics. Alex Anthony Blum retired in 1961 and died in 1969.

Table of Contents

	Frontispiece
	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, from a portrait by Samuel Lawrence in 1854	ii
	Contents	v
	Indian dog	v
	Indian flute, Cheyenne	xiii
	Introductory Note	xiii
	Deer	xiii
	Introduction	3
	Shuh-shuh-gah, blue heron	3
	Fox	4
	Grouse	4
	Warrior	5
	Headdress, Pawnee	5
	Deer	6
	Baby basket	6
	War club	7
	Blackfoot moccasin, green	7
I	The Peace-Pipe	9
	All the tribes beheld the signal, Saw the distant smoke ascending	8
	Landscape, Rocky Mountains	9
	Calumet and fire-bag	10
	Fire stick	10
	Warrior	11
	Hatchet and fire-bag, Sioux	12
	Hand	12
	Shell hatchet, antique	13
	Fire-bag	13
	Headdress	14
	Blackfoot war shirt	14
	Squaw	15
	Calumet	15
II	The Four Winds	16
	Like a ghost that goes at sunrise He beheld a maiden walking	21
	River-bank	16
	Decorated buffalo skin	17
	Bear	17
	Bear	18
	Tomahawk	19
	Legging and moccasin	20
	Warrior	20
	Snow-shoe	22
	Blackfoot legging	23
	Bow and arrows	24
	Shield and lance	25
	Pipe	26
	Woman's belt	27
	War shirt	27
	Squaw	28
III	Hiawatha's Childhood	30
	Then, upon one knee uprising, Hiawatha aimed an arrow	38
	Indian camp	30
	Coup-stick stone shrunken on rawhide	30
	Boy, ideal sketch	31
	Snake Indian papoose basket, buffalo hide	32
	Pottery, antique	33
	War club and arrows	33
	Squaw	34
	Papago jug	34
	Shield	35
	Bow and arrow, war and hunting	36
	Boy	36
	Spear and tomahawk	37
	Shield and spear	39
	Headdress	39
	Owl	40
IV	Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis	41
	Glared like Ishkoodah, the comet, Like the star with fiery tresses	44
	Caribou	41
	Bow, arrows, and tomahawk	42
	Mittens	42
	Comanche legging	43
	Moccasin, antique	45
	Lance and shield	45
	Prehistoric Indian axe, walrus tusk, and flint arrow-head	46
	Axe, N. W. tribes	47
	Squaw	48
	Axe	49
	Knife sheath, Blackfoot	49
	Flamingo	50
	Warrior	51
	Knapsack	52
	Axe and quiver, Huron or Mohawk	52
	Wicker olla, Apache	53
	Ute shirt	53
	"Shank" moccasin, Mohawk	54
V	Hiawatha's Fasting	55
	And he saw a youth approaching, Dressed in garments green and yellow	58
	In the forest	55
	Tomahawk	56
	Bead ornament	56
	Wild pigeon	57
	Indian boy	59
	Pottery	60
	Prehistoric hoe and knife	61
	Raven	62
	Maple leaf	62
	Elm leaf	63
	Fire-bag	63
	Bead ornament	64
	Knife, sheath, and arrows	64
	Tomahawks	65
	Indian brave	66
	Antique mortar and pestle	67
VI	Hiawatha's Friends	68
	Pitched it sheer into the river ... Where it still is seen in Summer	75
	Landscape	68
	Squaw	69
	Woman's shirt	70
	Stone hatchet, antique	70
	Broken lance	71
	Fish-hook, stone axe, antique	72
	Spear	73
	A Blackfoot brave	74
	Hand	74
	Buffalo, from photograph taken from life	76
VII	Hiawatha's Sailing	77
	Thus the birch canoe was builded ... In the bosom of the forest	82
	Birch canoe	77
	Elm leaf	77
	Scalping knife and sheath	78
	Moqui club	78
	Birch-bark vessel	79
	Warrior	79
	Awl bag, Apache	80
	Common Apache buckskin shirt, green and yellow	81
	Iroquois bark vessel	81
	Necklace	83
	Porcupine	83
VIII	Hiawatha's Fishing	84
	Long sat waiting for an answer	87
	Landscape	84
	Spear	85
	Fish-hooks, common to northwest coast	85
	Pack basket	86
	Squirrel	88
	Warrior	89
	Legging	90
	Rawhide and stone club	91
	Earthen cooking pot	91
	Knife in sheath	92
	Hammer, antique	92
	Mexican Indian olla, Yaqui	93
	Canoe	94
IX	Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather	95
	Then began the greatest battle That the sun had ever looked on	103
	Wood scene	95
	War bonnet, Sioux	96
	Warrior, painted	97
	War clubs, antique	98
	Modoc bow and arrow	98
	Headdress, medicine	99
	War club	100
	Buffalo bow	101
	Blackfoot war shirt	101
	Shield, quiver, and weapons	102
	Shield	104
	Woodpecker	105
	Squaw	105
	Eagle	106
	Dressed scalp and earring	106
	Pipe and pouch	107
	Hatchet, trader's	107
X	Hiawatha's Wooing	108
	"I will follow you, my husband!"	116
	Falls of Minnehaha, after an old photograph	108
	Bow and quiver, Blackfoot	109
	Winter legging, buffalo	110
	Lipari, Apache	111
	Bone tool for arrow-making	111
	Bone tool for arrow-making	112
	Quiver, Yuma Apache	112
	Arrow, knife, and scalp	113
	Warrior	114
	Pottery	114
	Gourd for drinking	115
	Apache headdress	115
	Warrior	117
	Deer	118
	Headdress	119
	Camp kettle	120
XI	Hiawatha's Wedding Feast	121
	Through the shadows and the sunshine, Treading softly like a panther	126
	Landscape	121
	Necklace	121
	Buffalo horn spoon	122
	Pipe head	122
	Wooden bowl, antique	123
	shirt	123
	Pipe	124
	Snow-shoe	125
	Bracelet, Wolpi	127
	Fan of feathers, belonging to Crowfoot, head chief of Blackfeet	127
	Brave	128
	Lacrosse stick	129
	Panther	129
	Warrior	130
	Rawhide cradle, Apache	131
	Headdress, Medecius	131
XII	The Son of the Evening Star	132
	And her lovers, the rejected, ... Handsome men with paint and feathers	135
	Lake view	132
	Pipe, tomahawk, and fire-bag	133
	Warrior	134
	Decoration on fur robe	134
	Ute earring	136
	Arm and hand	136
	Squaw	137
	Landscape	138
	Shell spoon	139
	Earthen vessel	139
	Tomahawk	140
	Spoon, antique	140
	Bear-claw necklace	141
	Necklace	141
	Quiver, Sioux	142
	Chippeway cradle	143
	Bow case, Sioux	144
	Spear, knife, and arrows	144
	Cheyenne moccasin	145
	Headdress	146
	Warrior	147
	Medicine tom-tom	147
	Ute moccasin	148
XIII	Blessing the Cornfields	149
	'T was the women who in Autumn Stripped the yellow Husks of harvest	151
	Tepee or lodge	149
	Deer	150
	Brave	150
	Moccasin	152
	Wooden comb	152
	Pottery	152
	Hoe	153
	Stone mortar and pestle for grain	153
	Nootka Sound knife, flint	154
	Mohawk warrior	154
	War club	155
	Stone head coupstick	156
	Brave	157
	Indian corn	157
	Earring	158
	Stone and bear-claw necklace	158
	Bracelet	158
	Earring	159
	Stone "metat" for grinding corn	159
XIV	Picture Writing	160
	Such as these the shapes they painted On the birch-bark and the deer-skin	166
	Forest scene	160
	"Webajabe," used in dressing hides	160
	Shirt, Blackfoot	161
	Brave	161
	Totem	162
	Hand	162
	Fire-bag, Blackfoot or Shoshone	163
	Indian sign drawing	164
	Indian drawing of a turtle	164
	Indian drawing	164
	Indian drawing	165
	Dressing buffalo robe	165
	Old-time knife	167
	"Weubaja" or hide dresser, common on buffalo range	167
	Indian sign drawing, Sioux	168
	A Plains Indian grave, tree burial	168
XV	Hiawatha's Lamentation	169
	"I can blow you strong, my brother, I can heal you, Hiawatha!"	175
	Pine trees	169
	Warrior	170
	Legging and moccasin	170
	Wolf	171
	Snow-shoe	172
	Brave, Apache	173
	Blackfoot medicine bonnet	173
	Gourd rattle	174
	Tom-tom	174
	Medicine or ceremonial rattle, a gourd, Comanche	176
	Medicine or totem bag	177
	Deer's antlers	177
	Trader's hatchet	178
	Brave	178
XVI	Pau-Puk-Keewis	179
	All the old men and the young men,... Played till midnight, played till morning	184
	Indian camp	179
	Medicine man's wand	180
	War club	181
	Mohawk shell beads	181
	Scalping-knife and sheath	182
	Pottery, antique	182
	Warrior	183
	Fire-bag of Crowfoot, head chief of Blackfeet	185
	Pipes	186
	Antique vase, Tennessee	186
	Warrior	187
	Pottery	187
	Ute fan	188
	Winter coat	188
	War club	189
	Pottery	189
	From the B&N Reads Blog Page 1 of Editorial Reviews This is an abridged version with "linking text" to carry the story. The elegance of the book will not redeem the problems with the poem itself, or with the authenticity of the images". (Poetry. 6-12) Kirkus Reviews The creator of this pop-up version of the classic epic poem should be commended for a well-intentioned effort, but the result is only somewhat palatableneither the paper engineering nor the realistic watercolor pictures can stand up to Longfellow's shimmering language. While a picture book version could have made the poem more accessible, this has only six spreads because of the production limitations. The pop-ups do not illuminate the poem for young readers, and older children may shy away from the format. All ages. (April) Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly Gr 5 Up Six excerpts from Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha are illustrated with double-page pop-up illustrations. The pale watercolors do little more than create a static three-dimensional scene, pleasant enough but offering little additional illumination to the text. The pallid illustrations do not reflect the mood of the texta misty birch forest and a blue heron, for example, accompany ``Dark behind it rose the forest/ Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees.'' Longfellow's epic deserves more serious attention than this toy book. Kathleen Whalin, Public Library of Columbus and Franklin County, Reynoldsburg, Ohio School Library Journal Customer Reviews