Barnes & Noble will open a new store in Huntington Station on March 26, with a ribbon cutting and book signing with Long ...

Walt Whitman's small notebook ... The print-obsessed Whitman loved toying with ideas for books and pamphlets, most of which were destined to remain nothing more than figments in his mind or ...

Walt Whitman's ego seemed impervious to criticism, and his self-promotion — writing anonymous reviews of his own book — suggests total self-assurance. There was, however, one man whose praise ...

Walt Whitman offers insights into social studies ... Later that year he returned to Brooklyn and founded a pro-slavery newspaper. His book of poetry, Leaf of Grass, appeared in 1855.

The first edition of the book names no author on its cover or ... In the first poem (called in later editions "Poem of Walt Whitman, an American" or just "Walt Whitman" before assuming the title ...

books, pencils and paper to the hospitalized soldiers. More importantly, he lent an ear to the young men who needed a friend. His notebook from this period bore the name of "Walt Whitman ...

"Walt Whitman is in town; I have seen him!" When I asked where, he replied: "At the stereotype foundry, just around the corner. Come along! I'll take you to him." The author of Leaves of Grass had ...

but there is perhaps no better way to get to know each author than by visiting his or her home. House museums dedicated to literary giants like Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ernest ...

Although Whitman's attitude towards blacks may be offensive to modern audiences, it was common in its day. Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), was a progressive white ...

A novel by Walt Whitman was taken by a now-former employee ... Sheriff's Office executing a search warrant to find the missing book just hours after it was taken. "They looked at online things ...