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In Search of Walt Whitman

Part Two: The Civil War and Beyond (1861-1892)

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Part Two: The Civil War and Beyond (1861-1892)

Part Two: The Civil War and Beyond (1861-1892)

Whitman moves to Washington to care for Civil War soldiers but grows disillusioned.

Whitman moves to Washington to care for Civil War soldiers but grows disillusioned.

Part One: The Early Years (1819-1860)

Part One: The Early Years (1819-1860)

Walt Whitman rises from a hardscrabble boyhood to write Leaves of Grass in 1855.

Walt Whitman rises from a hardscrabble boyhood to write Leaves of Grass in 1855.