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Author:

Roper, Robert, 1946-

Title:

Now the drum of war : Walt Whitman and his brothers in the Civil War / Robert Roper.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Walker & Co.,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

viii, 421 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Whitman, Walt,--1819-1892.
Whitman, George Washington,--1829-1901.
Whitman, Walt,--1819-1892--Family.
Poets, American--19th century--Biography.
United States--War work.--Civil War, 1861-1865--War work.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-409) and index.

Summary:

Drawing on the searing letters that Walt, George, their mother Louisa, and their other brothers, wrote to each other during the Civil War, and on new evidence and new readings of the great poet, Now the Drum of War chronicles the experience of the Whitman family--from rural Long Island to working-class Brooklyn--enduring its own long crisis alongside the anguish of the nation.

ISBN:

0802715532 (hardcover)
9780802715531 (hardcover) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)192082388

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)