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Walt Whitman
This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a ne....
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America - Walt Whitman
The confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was politically divisive, but Walt Whitman's 19th century wisdom....
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Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman was the first major poet to create a truly American vision and style. His extraordinary example gave American....
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In Search of Walt Whitman
This engaging film tells the story of Walt Whitman’s remarkable life (1819-1892), the turbulent era in which he lived, a....
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When Walt Whitman Was a Little Girl
As the title suggests, this is a speculative biography of the artistic side of Walt Whitman. Starting out as an ordinary n....
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In Search of Walt Whitman, Part One: The Early Years (1819-1860)
Walt Whitman rises from a hardscrabble boyhood in Long Island and Brooklyn to write the masterpiece Leaves of Grass in 185....
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In Search of Walt Whitman, Part Two: The Civil War and Beyond (1861-1892)
The poet moves to Washington to care for injured Civil War soldiers but is disillusioned by the Gilded Age after the war. ....
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