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Author:

Loewen, Nancy, 1964-

Title:

Walt Whitman / Nancy Loewen ; illustrations by Rob Day.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Creative Education

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Whitman, Walt,--1819-1892--Juvenile literature.
American poetry--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Poets, American--19th century--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, author.

Notes:

Includes index. Includes a list of "selected works by Walt Whitman".

Contents:

Song of myself -- Childhood -- There was a child went forth -- Education -- When I heard the learn'd astronomer -- Schoolmaster -- One 's-self I sing -- Publisher -- Citizen -- Emergence -- Song of myself -- Leaves of grass -- The Civil War -- The artilleryman's vision -- Drum-taps -- When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd -- Good gray poet -- To a certain civilian -- Recovery -- At home -- L. of G.'s purport -- Daylight fading -- Out of the cradle endlessly rocking.

Summary:

"An exploration of the life and work of 19th-century American writer Walt Whitman, whose poetry is known for both its passionate celebration of American life and its direct, speechlike style"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Voices in poetry
Voices in poetry (Mankato, Minn.)

ISBN:

1608183297 (hbk. : alk. paper) : :
9781608183296 (hbk. : alk. paper) : :

LCCN:

2013030158

Locations:

NCPC953 -- Buffalo Center Public Library (Buffalo Center)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)