Lincoln and Whitman
Subtitle: parallel lives in Civil War Washington
By: Daniel Mark Epstein.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Homes and haunts -- Washington (D.C.); Presidents -- United States -- Biography; Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Political culture -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865; Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Genres: Biography.
Description: Discusses how the lives and thoughts of president Abraham Lincoln and poet Walt Whitman converged during and after the American Civil War, noting how each turned to the other's works for inspiration.