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I Hear America Singing: Poems of Democracy, Manhattan and the Future

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Walt Whitman (1819-92) is the authentic voice of democratic America. After a childhood in Brooklyn, he spent many years in and around Manhattan and Washington, where he witnessed troops returning from the Civil War and tended wounded soldiers in the camp hospitals.

Whitman's broad humanity, his love of cities (especially Manhattan), his sympathy with all conditions of people, an... More
Book Information
PublisherAnvil Press Poetry
BindingPaperback (4 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages96
ISBN-10085646340X
ISBN-13978-0856463402
Publication Date06/2004
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About Walt Whitman (Author) : Walt Whitman is a published author and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Walt Whitman include The Greatest American Poetry, Song of Myself, El Astro... more
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