The Song of Hiawatha

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

⏱ 8 minEpic & myth

By the shores of Gitche Gumee, the shining Big-Sea-Water, the hero Hiawatha grows to manhood, learns the language of the birds and beasts, wins the lovely Minnehaha, and leads his people -- before departing westward in his canoe into the glory of the sunset. Longfellow's beloved epic of Native American legend.

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