The Native American honored as a leader of the Iroquois nation in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha" is not an actual person, although Hiawatha (c. 1400) has entered American legend as such. Although the legendary Hiaw atha is usually...

The Song of Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. David R. Godine, March 2004. $23.95 This lovely little edition contributes to a fledgling recovery of nineteenth-century American poetry. Perhaps it is strange to call Godine's fine-press work "recovery"; the academic...

Critics of rail who like to argue that people around here just don't like to ride trains should consider what's happening with Amtrak's Milwaukee-to-Chicago Hiawatha route. It's teeming with people and breaking ridership records in the process. Its trains lead the nation in punctuality....

Longfellow's epic poem, "The Song of Hiawatha," was written 152 years ago, but Michael Maglaras thinks the story can be as appealing to modern-day audiences as "Superman" or "Star Wars."Like Clark Kent and Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Indian hero Hiawatha has human traits and super powers,...

Mitt Romney is packing boxes of food for the needy on Wednesday and then preparing the stuffing and mashed potatoes for his own family's big dinner on Thanksgiving. Chris Dodd is serving meals and distributing box lunches in three separate Iowa cities.For Republican Romney, Democrat...