Now the drum of war
Subtitle: Walt Whitman and his brothers in the Civil War
By: Robert Roper.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Walker & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9780802715531
Subjects: Whitman, Walt, -- 1819-1892 -- Correspondence; Whitman, Walt, -- 1819-1892; Whitman, George W., -- 1839-1919; Whitman, Walt, -- 1819-1892 -- Family; Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- War work
Genres: Correspondence.; Biography.; Personal narratives.
Description: Drawing on the searing letters that Walt, George, their mother Louisa, and their other brothers, wrote to each other during the Civil War, and on new evidence and new readings of the great poet, Now the Drum of War chronicles the experience of the Whitman family--from rural Long Island to working-class Brooklyn--enduring its own long crisis alongside the anguish of the nation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-409) and index.