num_pages: 56
description: 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.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 &amp; Confederate, black &amp; 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, &amp; in turn, achieve his greatest aspiration--to capture the true spirit of America. Dramatic, powerful, &amp; deeply moving, this consummate portrait of Whitman will inspire readers to pick up their pens &amp; open their hearts to humanity.
language: English
title: Walt Whitman: Words for America
titlecomplete: Walt Whitman: Words for America
characters: Walt Whitman
genres: Civil War, Historical, Biography, Childrens, Poetry, Picture Books, War, Nonfiction, History, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 295
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: California Book Award
category: Juvenile (Silver), awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Sibert Medal
publisher: Scholastic Press