Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth,  1807-1882 <br/><br/>
The Wreck of the Hesperus 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wreck_of_the_Hesperus  "Illustrations by H. Winthrop Pierce, Edmund H. Garrett, J.D. Woodward, W.F. Halsall, W.L. Taylor, A. Buhler, H.P. Barnes, A.J. Lewis. Drawn and engraved under the supervision of George T. Andrew"--Page [6]  Release date is 2004-10-22 
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<br/><br/> "The Wreck of the Hesperus" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a narrative poem first published in 1842. It tells the tragic story of a proud skipper who brings his daughter aboard during a winter voyage. Ignoring warnings of an approaching hurricane, he faces catastrophic consequences when the storm strikes. The skipper ties his daughter to the mast as the ship crashes onto a reef. The poem explores themes of pride, fate, and tragedy through this devastating maritime disaster. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Hesperus (Ship) -- Poetry Shipwrecks -- Massachusetts -- Poetry 
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