Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry W Longfellow (late 19th/early 20th C)
Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry W Longfellow (late 19th/early 20th C)
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Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry W Longfellow
Published by W. B. Conkey Company - Chicago
Plush Binding with Gilt Page Edges
Personal inscription
W.B. Conkey Company (Chicago) was active mainly from late 19th to early 20th C
Plush editions were often marketed around the 1890s-1910s; gift book market of the era
The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858 originally published) was a narrative poem of a romantic tale set in the Plymouth Colony. Captain Miles Standish, a brave but blunt soldier, asks his gentle friend, John Alden to woo the maiden Priscilla Mullins on his behalf. Priscilla falls in love with John instead and eventually marries him, while Standish, though disappointed, accepts their happiness
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) - one of America's most beloved 19th c poets, known for his lyrical, accessible verse and themes of love, history, and morality; born in Portland, Maine, became a professor at Harvard and gained fame through Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha and Paul Revere's Ride; the first American poet honored with a bust in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner
Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry W Longfellow
Published by W. B. Conkey Company - Chicago
Plush Binding with Gilt Page Edges
Personal inscription
W.B. Conkey Company (Chicago) was active mainly from late 19th to early 20th C
Plush editions were often marketed around the 1890s-1910s; gift book market of the era
The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858 originally published) was a narrative poem of a romantic tale set in the Plymouth Colony. Captain Miles Standish, a brave but blunt soldier, asks his gentle friend, John Alden to woo the maiden Priscilla Mullins on his behalf. Priscilla falls in love with John instead and eventually marries him, while Standish, though disappointed, accepts their happiness
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) - one of America's most beloved 19th c poets, known for his lyrical, accessible verse and themes of love, history, and morality; born in Portland, Maine, became a professor at Harvard and gained fame through Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha and Paul Revere's Ride; the first American poet honored with a bust in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner