Bibliograph

Walt Whitman, Nancy Loewen ; illustrations by Rob Day

Type

Label

Walt Whitman, Nancy Loewen ; illustrations by Rob Day

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Walt Whitman

Oclc number

857863201

Responsibility statement

Nancy Loewen ; illustrations by Rob Day

Series statement

Voices in Poetry

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification