Keywords: appleton
Item 15892
Charles Appleton Longfellow in formal Japanese attire, 1872
Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1872 Media: Albumen print
Item 17103
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1806 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper
Item 49871
62 Douglass Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Appleton S Sherwood Use: Dwelling - Single family
Exhibit
Longfellow: The Man Who Invented America
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a man and a poet of New England conscience. He was influenced by his ancestry and his Portland boyhood home and experience.
Exhibit
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's popularity in the 19th century is reflected by the number of images of him -- in a variety of media -- that were produced and reproduced, some to go with published works of his, but many to be sold to the public on cards and postcards.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 0-46
"Kimball Thomas A. Jones John D. Conley Edward L. Appleton Albert L. Chick George W. Snow Ichabod E. Leighton Ancil C. Hallett George H. Yeaton"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory
"They attended local schools in Appleton, but Richardson Johnson had to give up school early to make a living by farming and later manufacturing shoes."
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: "The Poet's Tale - The Birds of Killingworth"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This poem is one of the numerous tales in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Tales of the Wayside Inn. The collection was published in three parts between 1863 and 1873. This series of long narrative poems were written by Longfellow during the most difficult personal time of his life. While mourning the tragic death of his second wife (Fanny Appleton Longfellow) he produced this ambitious undertaking. During this same period he translated Dante's Inferno from Italian to English. "The Poet's Tale" is a humorous poem with a strong environmental message which reflects Longfellow's Unitarian outlook on life.
