Walt Whitman words for America
A biography of the American poet whose compassion led him to nurse soldiers during the Civil War, to give voice to the nation's grief at Lincoln's assassination, and to capture the true American spirit in verse.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scholastic Press,
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | A biography of the American poet whose compassion led him to nurse soldiers during the Civil War, to give voice to the nation's grief at Lincoln's assassination, and to capture the true American spirit in verse. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0439357918 |
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