Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.; Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: May 31
Description: Biographical sketch of Walt Whitman, American poet, journalist, and essayist. Provides information on his early employment in the printing trade; then he moved on to teaching to journalism and to working at the paymaster's office during the Civil War. Discusses his experimenting with a new form of poetry, which resulted in the publication of his most famous poetical work, Leaves of grass.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.