Walt Whitman Selection from Leaves of Grass 1961 First Printing

Description: Walt Whitman Selection from Leaves of Grass 1961 Beautiful Edition American Poet Walt Whitman is America’s world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. In Leaves of Grass (1855), he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship. This monumental work chanted praises to the body as well as to the soul, and found beauty and reassurance even in death. Along with Emily Dickinson, Whitman is regarded as one of America’s most significant nineteenth century poets. Born on Long Island, Whitman grew up in Brooklyn and received limited formal education. His occupations during his lifetime included printer, schoolteacher, reporter, and editor. Whitman’s self-published Leaves of Grass was inspired in part by his travels through the American frontier and by his admiration for Ralph Waldo Emerson. This important publication underwent eight subsequent editions during his lifetime as Whitman expanded and revised the poetry and added more to the original collection of twelve poems. Emerson himself declared the first edition was “the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed.” See pictures for any wear and tear. I am not a professional grader. Price does not include applicable sales tax. Pictures are of the exact item you are bidding on!Shipped Media Mail - Well packed, quick turnaround! O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,

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Location: Houston, Texas

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