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| Walt Whitman | 
| Author: Catherine Reef
Publisher: Clarion Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 2083634
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 7.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0395687055
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.3
UPC: 046442687058
EAN: 9780395687055
ASIN: 0395687055
Publication Date: April 24, 1995
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Condition: good ex-library copy with usual markings, inside pages are clean and unmarked, fast shipping.
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Product Description
Catherine Reef's fascinating, in-depth biography explores the life and character of one of America's greatest poets, incorporating highlights from his writings and photographs of the poet and the America he experienced. In "Leaves of Grass," first published in 1855, Whitman's innovative, free poetic style celebrated nineteenth-century America and himself as one of its citizens. His poems captured the spirit of a time when cities grew rapidly, pioneers and railroads crossed the Great Plains, and the Civil War nearly tore the nation apart. This book combines detailed historical information with Whitman's optimism, love for humanity, and pure joy in living.
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Inspiring! March 30, 2007
This young adult biography of Walt Whitman was wonderful. The nature of young adult biographies allows reasonable depth into a topic without getting too theoretical or complicated. You get some neat facts and a relatively simple timeline. This biography chronicles Walt Whitman's entire life, outlining his relationship with each of his family members, his shaky job history, and his numerous revisions of Leaves of Grass, his poetic masterpiece. Walt Whitman showed the world it was okay to not use meter, rhyme or line breaks in his poems. He also showed his acceptance of all races and classes, abolishing slavery, and homosexuality in his poetry. Walt celebrated his love for all humans, all of humanity, for Abe Lincoln, and for the wounded soliders he nursed in the Civil War. This book is inspiring, and shows how Walt Whitman is an inspiration to all Americans.
Whitman August 23, 2000
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ms. Reef is a superb writer who has captured the essence of what Whitman was about. Writing of this quality is not often found.
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