His notebook from this period bore the name of "Walt Whitman ... In April 1865 Whitman was in Brooklyn, visiting his family and going over proofs of Drum-Taps, poems inspired by the war, when ...

Then, one day, I was stopped on Washington Street by a friend who made this startling announcement: "Walt Whitman is in town; I have seen him!" When I asked where, he replied: "At the stereotype ...

Don James McLaughlin tells the story of Walt Whitman, the Gilchrist women, and a painting: “Scholarship on Whitman’s relationship with the Gilchrist family tends to fall prey to the overplayed ...

Compelled to help Walt Whitman is considered one of the greatest ... he left school at age 11 to help support his family, working in a variety of jobs, including typesetting, teaching and ...