Title: Snow-bound
Subtitle: a winter idyl
First published: 1866
Description: The poem chronicles a rural New England family as a snowstorm rages outside for three days. Stuck in their home for a week, the family members exchange stories by their roaring fire.
Subjects: Specimens, Gift books, Winter storms, Poetry, Storytelling, American poetry
People: John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)