Walt Whitman
Subtitle: words for America
By: by Barbara Kerley ; illustrated by Brian Selznick.
Contributors: Selznick, Brian, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Whitman, Walt, -- 1819-1892 -- Juvenile literature; Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Nurses -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature; Biography; History; Medical care
Description: A biography of the American poet whose compassion led him to nurse soldiers during the Civil War, to give voice to the nation's grief at Lincoln's assassination, and to capture the true American spirit in verse.
Notes: Front cover has oval cutout to show portrait on flyleaf.

Includes bibliographical references.

A Junior Library Guild selection.