Leaves of Grass
Author(s): Walt Whitman
This 150th anniversary edition of the collection that remains the incomparable achievement of one of America's greatest poets features a new Foreword by U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins and a new Afterword by Peter Davison. First published 1891-92. This edition first published April 2005. This collection remains the incomparable achievement of one of America's greatest poets - a passionate man who loved his country and wrote of it as no other has ever done.
General Information
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- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : sgncl1
- : 0.268
- : 01 April 2005
- : 175mm X 106mm X 29mm
- : United States
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Walt Whitman
- : Paperback / softback
- : 150th
- : English
- : 811.3
- : 544
More About The Product
The most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was born on Long Island and educated in Brooklyn, New York. He served as a printer's devil, journeyman compositor, itinerant schoolteacher, editor, and unofficial nurse to Northern and Southern soldiers.