A Conversation with Nicholas Basbanes on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A conversation with Nicholas Basbanes on the subject of his just published biography Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Join Nicholas Basbanes, critically acclaimed author of Cross of Snow. This new biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is an exploration of the life, times, work, and soul of a man who helped to shape the literature of a new nation, and became in the process the most celebrated public figure of his generation.

The book was researched in part at the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives at Bowdoin’s Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. The discussion will be moderated by Kat Stefko, director of Special Collections & Archives at Bowdoin.











When: Mon., Jul. 13, 2020 at 12:00 pm

A conversation with Nicholas Basbanes on the subject of his just published biography Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Join Nicholas Basbanes, critically acclaimed author of Cross of Snow. This new biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is an exploration of the life, times, work, and soul of a man who helped to shape the literature of a new nation, and became in the process the most celebrated public figure of his generation.

The book was researched in part at the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives at Bowdoin’s Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. The discussion will be moderated by Kat Stefko, director of Special Collections & Archives at Bowdoin.

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