Whitman in Washington : becoming the national poet in the federal city /

During Walt Whitman's decade in Washington, D.C., 1863-1873, he labored intensely, at times seeming to have three lives at once. He wrote the most distinguished journalism of his career, came into his own as a writer of letters, crafted memorable Civil War poetry, Drum-Taps and Sequel to Drum-T...

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