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Description edit
Whitman's genius, passions, poetry, and androgynous sensibility entwined to create an exuberant life amid the turbulent American mid-nineteenth century. In vivid detail, Kaplan examines the mysterious selves of the enigmatic man who celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Walt Whitman: Add a description of this character.
- Emerson
- John Burroughs
- George Whitman
- Jeff
- O'connor
- Peter Doyle
- Lincoln
- Rossetti
- Poe
- Clapp
- Pfaff
- Harry
- Walter Whitman
- Anne Gilchrist
- Thoreau
- Eldridge
- Trowbridge
- Conway
- Mark Twain
- Adam
- Traubel
- Carlyle
- James Russell Lowell
- Tennyson
- Andrew
- Thayer
- Kennedy
- Harlan
- Fowler
- Louisa Whitman
- Swinburne
- Hannah
- Blake
- Henry
- Alcott
- Tom
- Bucke
- Hawthorne
- Horace Greeley
- Elias Hicks
- Hale
- Jesse
Setting & Locations edit
- New York Tribune
- Brooklyn
- America
- Washington
- Camden
- Philadelphia
- Long Island
- New England
- United States
- London
- Boston
- Europe
- Atlantic
- Manhattan
- Huntington
- California
- West Hills
- New Orleans
- Longfellow
- Prince Street
- Goethe
- Virginia
- Texas
- Concord
- India
- Greenport
- Paris
- Mick Le Street
- Mexico
- Cambridge
- White House
- Whittier
- Ohio
- Canada
- Pennsylvania
- Smithtown
- Tammany Hall
- The States
- Burlington
- Delaware
- Fredericksburg
- Cold Spring
- Baltimore
- Swedenborg
- Massachusetts
- Republic
First Sentence edit
IN THE SPRING OF 1884 the poet Walt Whitman bought a house in the unlovely city of Camden, New Jersey, and at the age of sixty-five slept under his own roof for the first time in his life.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Justin Kaplan (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1980
ISBN: 0671225421
Page Count: 432
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1980
ISBN: 0671225421
Page Count: 432
Awards edit
- Pulitzer Prize (Finalist, 1981: Biography or Autobiography)
- National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist, 1980: General Nonfiction)
- National Book Award (1981: Autobiography/Biography (Hardcover))
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 811.3
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