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The better angel : Walt Whitman in the Civil War / Roy Morris, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morris, Roy, Jr., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
- Whitman, Walt.
- Poets, American--19th century--Biography.
- Poets, American.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--War work.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This biography recounts Walt Whitman's experiences of the American Civil War. For nearly three years, the erstwhile poet immersed himself in the devastation of the war, tending to thousands of wounded soldiers and recording his experience with immediacy and compassion.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: The Medicine of Daily Affection; CHAPTER ONE: New York Stagnation; CHAPTER TWO: A Sight in Camp; CHAPTER THREE: The Great Army of the Sick; CHAPTER FOUR: The Real Precious & Royal Ones of This Land; CHAPTER FIVE: The Melancholy Tide; CHAPTER SIX: Retrievements Out of the Night; EPILOGUE: Lose Not My Sons; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028421-8
- 1-280-47161-1
- 1-4237-6076-X
- 0-19-802889-X
- 1-60256-320-9
- OCLC:
- 171572205
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