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Walt Whitman: Words for America

by Barbara Kerley · 2004

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The pioneering team that brought you the Caldecott Honor-winning THE DINOSAURS OF WATERHOUSE HAWKINS focuses their remarkable skills and vision on Walt Whitman—poet, American, Civil War hero.

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Did you know that poet Walt Whitman was also a Civil War nurse? Devastated by his country dividing and compelled to service by his brother's war injury, Walt nursed all soldiers-Union & Confederate, black & white. By getting to know them through many intense and affecting experiences, he began to see a greater life purpose: His writing could give these men a voice, & in turn, achieve his greatest aspiration—to capture the true spirit of America. Dramatic, powerful, & deeply moving, this consummate portrait of Whitman will inspire readers to pick up their pens & open their hearts to humanity.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
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civil warcivil warMore like thisLess of this19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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picture bookschildrens
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short · 56 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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