- Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2004.
- Year Published: 2004
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 970
ISBN/Standard Number
- 0439357918 :
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Subjects
- Whitman, Walt, -- 1819-1892
- Poets, American -- Biography. -- 19th century
- Nurses -- Biography.
- United States -- History -- Medical care. -- Civil War, 1861-1865
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united states history civil war ALA Notable Children's Books 2005 nurses Sibert Honor Book 2005 sibert honor book 2005 sibert honor book brian selznick barbara kerley walt whitman american poets youth biography sibert
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Youth level.
Front cover has oval cutout to show portrait on flyleaf.
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.
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