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In his time, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow achieved such popular success, both in the United States and abroad, that by the end of his life his birthday was even being celebrated in schools. On Feb.

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In The New Yorker, James Marcus reviews Nicholas Basbanes’s new biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In his heyday, his fame rivaled the Queen of England: On March 26, 1882, Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

Nicholas A. Basbanes of North Grafton has received Nonfiction Honors from the 21st Annual Massachusetts Book Awards for his biography "Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow." The awards ...