Sophomore Lit

135: Thanksgiving Special: The Wreck of the Hesperus


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It’s Thanksgiving, so of course Rob, John, and Dan drink and discuss “The Wreck of the Hesperus” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1842).

John McCoy with Rob McCoy and Dan McCoy

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The Wreck of the Hesperus
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The Wreck of the Hesperus

Link to full poem.

SCHOONER HESPERUS WAS NEVER WRECKED

The New York Times gets pedantic.

What is the Spanish Main?

Spoiler: none of us got it right.

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