The Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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"The Courtship of Miles Standish" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a narrative poem published in 1858. Set in 1621 Plymouth Colony, it tells the story of a love triangle among three Mayflower passengers: Miles Standish, Priscilla Mullins, and John Alden. Longfellow claimed the tale came from family tradition—he descended from Alden and Mullins—but scholars debate whether the romantic story is fact or fiction. The poem became wildly popular in nineteenth-century America, selling
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| Author | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Russell, Walter, 1871-1963 |
| LoC No. | 01024587 |
| Title | The Courtship of Miles Standish |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Courtship_of_Miles_Standish |
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Produced by WebRover, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Standish, Myles, 1584?-1656 -- Poetry |
| Subject | Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691 -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 59216 |
| Release Date | Apr 6, 2019 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 338 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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