| Walt Whitman in Washington, D.C.: The Civil War and America's Great Poet Contributor(s): Peck, Garrett (Author) |
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ISBN: 1626199736 ISBN-13: 9781626199736 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Literary Criticism | Poetry - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 811.3 |
| LCCN: 2014959296 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.92 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Walt Whitman was already famous for Leaves of Grass when he journeyed to the nation's capital at the height of the Civil War to find his brother George, a Union officer wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Whitman eventually served as a volunteer "hospital missionary," making more than six hundred hospital visits and serving over eighty thousand sick and wounded soldiers in the next three years. With the 1865 publication of Drum-Taps, Whitman became poet laureate of the Civil War, aligning his legacy with that of Abraham Lincoln. He remained in Washington until 1873 as a federal clerk, engaging in a dazzling literary circle and fostering his longest romantic relationship, with Peter Doyle. Author Garrett Peck details the definitive account of Walt Whitman's decade in the nation's capital. |
Contributor Bio(s): Peck, Garrett: - Garrett Peck is an author, historian and tour guide. This is his sixth book. A native Californian and graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and George Washington University, he lives in Arlington, Virginia. www.garrettpeck.com |