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Specimen Days ; : and Collect

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Book - 2014 818.308 Wh 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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Previously published: Philadelphia : Rees Welsh & Co., 1882-'83 [i.e. 1882].
Specimen Days -- Collect -- Notes Left Over -- Appendix. Pieces in Early Youth: 1834-'42.
"Whitman's uniquely revealing impressions of the people, places, and events of his time. One of the most creative and individual poets America has produced, Walt Whitman was also a prolific diarist, note-taker, and essayist whose intimate observations and reflections have profoundly deepened understanding of nineteenth-century American life. Specimen Days and Collect, first published in 1882, is a choice collection of Whitman's uniquely revealing impressions of the people, places, and events of his time, principally the era of the Civil War and its aftermath. On page after page, a vast panorama of American life unfolds, and with it rare glimpse of Whitman as poet, empathetic observer, and romantic wanderer. From his years as a wartime nurse in Washington, D.C., come touching glimpses of the dead and dying in military hospitals, memories of Abraham Lincoln, and vivid impressions of the nation's capital in a time of great crisis. Whitman's travel yields memorable recollections of Boston, the Hudson Valley, a walk through Central Park, Niagara Falls, the City of Denver, and more. Along with the famed essay "Democratic Vistas," there are scenes from the poet's childhood, touching tributes to songbirds, wildflowers, friendship and freedom; impressions of the music of Beethoven, reflections on a last visit to Emerson, the deaths of Lincoln and Longfellow and the painful process of aging. Deeply felt and vividly expressed, Specimen Days and Collect is a richly rewarding experience, a rare excursion into the mind and heard of one of America's greatest poets--and the America his poetry so richly commemorated"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents: Specimen days. -- Collect.

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PUBLISHED
Brooklyn : Melville House, [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: xxi, 454 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781612193861
1612193862

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Jamison, Leslie, 1983-
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.

SUBJECTS
Whitman, Walt, -- 1891-1892 -- Diaries.
Poets, American -- 19th century -- Diaries.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States -- Hospitals. -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- Civilization -- 19th century.