Walt Whitman's small notebook, now disbound, had this black leather cover when the poet carried it in his coat pocket. Whitman first saw Lincoln when the president-elect visited New York on his ...

To appreciate the act of offering comfort for the victims of war, there are few better sources of inspiration than Walt Whitman, who spent more than three years volunteering his time during the U ...

Rich Kegler designed six gorgeous broadsides that combine Whitman poetry with Burchfield images; you’ll see those ... a beautiful and moving film cycle. Walt Whitman was a late bloomer.

When George's name was published on a list of wounded soldiers in the newspapers in December 1862, Walt hurried south to find his brother. Whitman was relieved to discover that George had hardly ...

Then, one day, I was stopped on Washington Street by a friend who made this startling announcement: "Walt Whitman is in town; I have seen him!" When I asked where, he replied: "At the stereotype ...

Walt Whitman offers insights into social studies topics including the Civil War, the impact of war on soldiers and their families, American literary history, the history of New York City ...

In the first poem (called in later editions "Poem of Walt Whitman, an American" or just "Walt Whitman" before assuming the title "Song of Myself") the first person narrator eventually reveals ...