Walt Whitman in Mickle street / Elizabeth Leavitt Keller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keller, Elizabeth Leavitt, 1839-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--Biography.

Authors, American.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.

Whitman, Walt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Auckland, New Zealand] : The Floating Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Credited by some as the first truly American poet, Walt Whitman carved out a literary niche all his own with groundbreaking volumes such as Leaves of Grass. This richly detailed biography was written by a nurse, Elizabeth Keller, who cared for Whitman during his final years.

Contents:

Title; Contents; Editor's Note; Preface; Walt Whitman in Mickle Street; Halcyon Days; I - Mary Oakes Davis; II - Walt Whitman's Home; III - The Mickle Street House; IV - The New Régime; V - Curious Neighbors; VI - Mr. Whitman Drives; VII - Brooms, Bills and Mental Chloroform; VIII - Visiting and Visitors; IX - A Bust and a Painting; X - Rest-And Routine; XI - A Shock, and Some Changes; XII - Anchored; XIII - Warren Fritzinger; XIV - Friends, Money, and a Mausoleum; XV - The Last Birthday Party; XVI - The New Nurse; XVII - ""Shift, Warry""; XVIII - Winding Up; XIX - The Trial; XX - Conclusion

Walt Whitman's MonumentsWalt Whitman Speaks

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 18, 2013).

ISBN:

1-77652-678-3

OCLC:

854973611