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Evangeline
Evangeline
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a prominent 19th-century American poet. Longfellow was also the most famous of the fireside poets, a group that was associated with the New England area with domestic and moral themes. Some of Longfellow's greatest work includes The Song of Hiawatha, Evangeline, and Paul Revere's Ride. Evangeline is an epic poem...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781542932417
ISBN-10: 1542932416
Publication Date: 2/4/2017
Pages: 56
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Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Nova Scotia is haunted by her former self-Acadia, first settled in 1605. The landscape immortalized by Longfellow through his tale of lovers separated by the Acadian explusion of 1755, has come to be known as the Land of Evangeline; the best-loved of Canada's literary shrines. No one can read about Grand Pre without wanting to visit Acadia; no one can visit Acadia without becoming fascinated by its history.
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Longfellows' tale of lovers separated by the Acadian expulsion of 1755 haunts Nova Scotia yet today.
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