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02331nam a2200373Ka 4500 001 70C053FE2B0D11DE82774608A8D7520A 005 200904170005.0 008 061027t20052004nyua c 000 0beng d 020 $a 9780439738910 020 $a 0439738911 035 $a (OCoLC)74492349 040 $a UII $c UII $d SILO 100 1 $a Kerley, Barbara. 245 1 $a Walt Whitman : $b words for America / $c by Barbara Kerley ; illustrated by Brian Selznick. 260 $a New York : $b Scholastic Press, $c 2005, c2004. 300 $a 1 v. (unpaged) : $b col. ill. ; $c 31 cm. 500 $a "First Scholastic paperback printing, Setpember 2005." 500 $a "This edition is only available for distribution through the school market"--p. [4] of cover. 520 $a A biography of the American poet whose compassion led him to nurse soldiers during the Civil War, to give voice to the nation's grief at Lincoln's assassination, and to capture the true American spirit in verse. Did you know that poet Walt Whitman was also a Civil War nurse? Devastated by his country dividing and compelled to service by his brother's war injury, Walt nursed all soldiers-Union & Confederate, black & white. By getting to know them through many intense and affecting experiences, he began to see a greater life purpose: His writing could give these men a voice, & in turn, achieve his greatest aspiration--to capture the true spirit of America. Dramatic, powerful, & deeply moving, this consummate portrait of Whitman will inspire readers to pick up their pens & open their hearts to humanity. 600 10 $a Whitman, Walt, $d 1819-1892. $v Juvenile literature. 600 11 $a Whitman, Walt., $d 1819-1892. 650 0 $a Poets, American $y 19th century. $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Nurses $z United States. $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 650 1 $a Poets, American. 650 1 $a Nurses. 651 0 $a United States $x Medical care $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Medical care $v Juvenile literature. 651 1 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865 700 1 $a Selznick, Brian, $e ill. 939 $a 5695539 941 $a 2 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20180522010605.0 952 $l URAX314 $d 20170609031816.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=70C053FE2B0D11DE82774608A8D7520A 994 $a 01 $b UIIInitiate Another SILO Locator Search