Leaves of Grass
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Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. After self-publishing it in 1855, he spent most of his professional life writing, revising, and expanding the collection until his
This steel engraving of Whitman served as the frontispiece to the first edition of Leaves of Grass, published on July 4, 1855
Cover of 1860 edition
Frontispiece engraving created in 1883
Walt Whitman by a Roycrofter
Walt Whitman
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Walter Whitman Jr. was an American poet, essayist, and journalist; he also wrote two novels. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature and world literature. Whitman inc
Whitman in 1887
Whitman's handwritten manuscript for "Broadway, 1861"
Whitman spent his last years at his home in Camden, New Jersey, which is open to the public as the Walt Whitman House.