Title: Now the drum of war
Subtitle: Walt Whitman and his brothers in the Civil War
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.
Subjects: American Poets, Biography, Correspondence, Family, History, Personal narratives, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, War work
Places: United States
People: George W. Whitman (1839-1919), George Washington Whitman (1829-1901), Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865