Biographies and Historical Articles

Biographical information about Henry W. Longfellow from:

• Maine Historical Society.
• Poetry Foundation.
• Academy of American Poets.
• Longfellow National Historic Site.
• Longfellow’s Wayside Inn.

Background material on Longfellow’s poetry:

• “Public Poet, Private Man: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at 200” exhibit at Harvard’s Houghton Library, curated by Prof. Christoph Irmscher.
• Bibliography, filmography, and other information from the Maine Historical Society.
• History of Tales of a Wayside Inn and of the Wayside Inn in Sudbury.

Information about Paul Revere from:

• Biography of Paul Revere from the Paul Revere House.
• Biography of Revere from TheAmericanRevolution.org.
• Description of Revere’s ride from the Paul Revere House.
• “Events of April 18, 1775” from the Old North Church.
• Summary of Revere’s April 1775 ride from U-S-History.com.
• Collection of links about Revere from the eMINTS National Center in Missouri.
• “The American Revolution Comes to Cambridge,” from the Cambridge Historical Commission.
• And—it’s only fair—information on Revere’s fellow rider William Dawes.