num_pages: 432
description: A detailed reconstruction of Whitman's life and times considers the poet's years of apprenticeship on New York newspapers, his experiences in the Civil War, and his lifetime devotion to the writing and reworking of Leaves of Grass
language: English
title: Walt Whitman, A Life
titlecomplete: Walt Whitman, A Life
genres: Biography, Civil War, Poetry, Nonfiction, Literature, American History, Classics, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 289
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: National Book Award
category: Autobiography/Biography (Hardcover), awardedAt: 315561600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Simon & Schuster