Now the drum of war : Walt Whitman and his brothers in the Civil War / Robert Roper.
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-cl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Walker & Co.,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 421 p. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-409) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780802715531 (hardcover) : 0802715532 (hardcover) |
