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"I exist as I am, that is enough." -- Walt Whitman
Walter "Walt" Whitman (May 31, 1819 — March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.

Born on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War in addition to publishing his poetry. Early in his career, he also produced a temperance novel, Franklin Evans (1842). Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass, was first published in 1855 with his own money. The work was an attempt at reaching out to the common person with an American epic. He continued expanding and revising it until his death in 1892. After a stroke towards the end of his life, he moved to Camden, New Jersey where his health further declined. He died at age 72 and his funeral became a public spectacle.

Whitman's sexuality is often discussed alongside his poetry. Though biographers continue to debate his sexuality, he is usually described as either homosexual or bisexual in his feelings and attractions. However, there is disagreement among biographers as to whether Whitman had actual sexual experiences with men. Whitman was concerned with politics throughout his life. He supported the Wilmot Proviso and opposed the extension of slavery generally. His poetry presented an egalitarian view of the races, and at one point he called for the abolition of slavery, but later he saw the abolitionist movement as a threat to democracy.

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Total Books: 775
Live Oak with Moss
2021 - Live Oak with Moss (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781419748158
ISBN-10: 1419748157
Genres: Literature & Fiction, LGBTQ+ Books
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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman The Original 1855 Edition
2020 - Leaves of Grass By Walt Whitman the Original 1855 Edition (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781657675117
ISBN-10: 1657675114
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Somewhere Waiting Song of Myself
2019 - Somewhere Waiting Song of Myself [Obvious State Classics Collection] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781633300071
ISBN-10: 1633300072
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Walt Whitman Speaks His Final Thoughts on Life Writing Spirituality and the  Promise of America A Library of America Special Publication
Leaves of Grass
2019 - Leaves of Grass (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9781789501568
ISBN-10: 1789501563
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Leaves of Grass Selected Poems
2019 - Leaves of Grass Selected Poems (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781509887187
ISBN-10: 1509887180
Genres: Literature & Fiction, LGBTQ+ Books, Politics & Social Sciences
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Leaves Of Grass 1855
2018 - Leaves of Grass 1855 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781986235556
ISBN-10: 1986235556
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Leaves of Grass Penguin Pocket Poets
2018 - Leaves of Grass Penguin Pocket Poets [Penguin Clothbound Poetry] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780241303122
ISBN-10: 0241303125
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Youth is A Great Failure
2018 - Youth Is a Great Failure [Hardcover - Chinese Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9787539994253
ISBN-10: 7539994258
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The Poetry of Walt Whitman
2018 - The Poetry of Walt Whitman (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781788287777
ISBN-10: 1788287770
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Walt Whitman Song of Myself  1892 Edition
2017 - Walt Whitman Song of Myself 1892 Edition [1892 edition - S4N Pocket Books] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780979870774
ISBN-10: 0979870771
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Poetry for Kids Walt Whitman
2017 - Poetry for Kids Walt Whitman (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781633221505
ISBN-10: 1633221504
Genre: Children's Books
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Leaves of Grass The Original 1855 Edition
2017 - Leaves of Grass the Original 1855 Edition [Chump Change Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781640320598
ISBN-10: 1640320598
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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A Novel Journal Leaves of Grass
2017 - A Novel Journal Leaves of Grass [Compact - A Compact Novel Journal] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781626869967
ISBN-10: 1626869960
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Self-Help
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Walt Whitman's Guide to Manly Health and Training
2017 - Walt Whitman's Guide to Manly Health and Training (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780399579486
ISBN-10: 0399579486
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Reference, Self-Help
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Life and Adventures of Jack Engle An AutoBiography A Story of New York at the Present Time in which the Reader Will Find Some Familiar Characters
Manly Health and Training To Teach the Science of a Sound and Beautiful Body
Leaves of Grass The DeathBed Edition
2017 - Leaves of Grass the Deathbed Edition [with an Introduction by John Burroughs] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781420954807
ISBN-10: 1420954806
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Memoranda During the War
2017 - Memoranda During the War (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781542700351
ISBN-10: 1542700353
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Song of Myself With a Complete Commentary
2016 - Song of Myself with a Complete Commentary [Iowa Whitman Series] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781609384654
ISBN-10: 1609384652
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Great Poets Walt Whitman
2016 - The Great Poets Walt Whitman (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9781843799764
ISBN-10: 1843799766
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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2016 - Poems By Walt Whitman [Poems by Walt Whitman - A New Edition] (Paperback)
2015 - Walt Whitman's Selected Journalism [Iowa Whitman Series] (Paperback)
2014 - Specimen Days Collect [Neversink] (Paperback)
2011 - Drumtaps / Memoranda During the War [Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)
2010 - An American Primer [Classic Reprint] (Paperback)
2010 - Notes and Fragments [Classic Reprint] (Paperback)
2010 - Poems of Walt Whitman [Leaves of Grass] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2010 - Werk (Paperback)Paperback
2009 - Natuurleven Leaves of Grass [1898 - Dutch Edition] (Paperback)Hardcover
2008 - Pomes De Walt Whitman [French Edition] (Paperback)Paperback
2008 - Poetry and Prose [Library of America College Editions] (Other)
2008 - Gesang Von Mir Selbst [1920 - German Edition] (Hardcover)Paperback
2008 - Essential Walt Whitman Cd [Caedmon Essentials] (Audio CD)
2008 - Cantando a La Primavera [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2008 - Gesange Und Inschriften [1921 - German Edition] (Paperback)
2008 - Habla/ Speak [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2007 - The Correspondence Volume I 18421867 [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman] (Paperback)
2007 - The Correspondence Volume II 18681875 [The Collected Works of Walt Whitman] (Paperback)
2007 - The Correspondence Volume III 18761885 [The Collected Works of Walt Whitman] (Paperback)
2007 - The Correspondence Volume IV 18861889 [The Collected Works of Walt Whitman - Volume 4] (Paperback)
2007 - The Correspondence Volume V 18901892 [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman] (Paperback)
2007 - The Correspondence Volume VI a Supplement with a Composite Index [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman] (Paperback)
2007 - The Correspondence Volumes IVi [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman] (Paperback)
2007 - Prose Works 1892 Volume I Specimen Days [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman - Volume 1] (Paperback)
2007 - Prose Works 1892 Volume II Collect and Other Prose [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman - Volume 2] (Paperback)
2007 - Prose Works 1892 Volumes I and II [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman] (Paperback)
2007 - Daybooks and Notebooks Volume I Daybooks 1876november 1881 [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman] (Paperback)
2007 - Daybooks and Notebooks Volume II Daybooks December 18811891 [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman - Volume 2] (Paperback)
2007 - Daybooks and Notebooks Volume III Diary in Canada Notebooks Index [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman - Volume 3] (Paperback)
2007 - Daybooks and Notebooks Volumes IIIi [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman] (Paperback)
2007 - Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts Volume II Washington [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman] (Paperback)
2007 - Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts Volume III Camden [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman] (Paperback)
2007 - Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts Volume IV Notes [The Collected Writing of Walt Whitman - Volume 4] (Paperback)
2007 - Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts Volume V Notes [The Collected Works of Walt Whitman - Volume 5] (Paperback)
2007 - Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts Volume VI Notes and Index [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman - Volume 6] (Paperback)
2007 - Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts Volumes IVi [Collected Writings of Walt Whitman] (Paperback)
2007 - Hojas De Hierba [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)Paperback
2006 - Essential Writings of Walt Whitman [Kessinger Publishing's Rare Reprints] (Paperback)
2006 - Canto a Mi Mismo [Song of Myself - Clasicos de la literatura series - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2004 - Leaves of Grass First and Deathbed Editions [Barnes Noble Classics Series - BN Classics Trade Paper] (Paperback)
2004 - Cuerpo Pueblo Espiritu Antologia [Clasicos De Siempre - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2003 - The Portable Walt Whitman [Penguin Classics] (Paperback)
2002 - Leaves of Grass Second Edition [Norton Critical Editions] (Paperback)
2002 - Walt Whitman [Poetry for Young People] (Other)
2001 - Das Cruciales En Amrica [diario de la Guerra de Secesión, 1862-1865] (Paperback)
1998 - Song of Myself [Shambhala Centaur Editions] (Paperback)
1998 - Poetical Works Whitman [Wordsworth Collection] (Paperback)
1997 - Leaves of Grass New York Public Library Collector's Edition [New York Public Library Collector's Editions] (Hardcover)
1996 - Whitman Poetry and Prose [Library of America College Editions] (Paperback)
1995 - Civil War Poetry and Prose [Dover Thrift Editions] (Paperback)
1994 - Whitman Poems [Everyman's Library Pocket Poets] (Hardcover)
1994 - Leaves of Grass and Selected Prose [Everyman's Library Paper] (Paperback)
1993 - Whitman Manuscripts at the University of VIrginia [The Walt Whitman Archive, Vol 3, Pt. 1-2] (Hardcover)
1993 - Whitman Manuscripts at the Library of Congress [The Walt Whitman Archive 1, Pts. 1-2] (Hardcover)
1989 - Walt Whitman's Civil War [A Da Capo Paperback] (Paperback)
1988 - Voyages (Hardcover)
1984 - Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts Walt Whitman [The Collected writings of Walt Whitman] (Hardcover)
1982 - Walt Whitman Poetry and Prose [Library of America] (Hardcover)
1980 - Leaves of Grass a Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems 18551891 [3-Volume Set - The collected writings of Walt Whitman] (Hardcover)
1978 - Daybooks and Notebooks Volume I Daybooks 1876november 1881 [The Collected writings of Walt Whitman] (Hardcover)
1978 - Daybooks and Notebooks Diary in Canada Notebooks Index [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman, Vol. 3] (Hardcover)
1977 - The Portable Walt Whitman Revised Edition [The Viking Portable Library] (Paperback)
1973 - Selected Poetry [Poet to poet] (Paperback)
1971 - The Illustrated Leaves of Grass [A Black star book] (Other)
1963 - The Early Poems and the Fiction [The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman] (Hardcover)
1959 - Complete Poetry and Selected Prose [Riverside Editions] (Paperback)
1882 - Prosespecimen Days and Collect [Notable American Authors] (Other)
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking [The Merrill literary casebook series] (Other)
Leaves of Grass Selected Readings [Modern Library Audio Series] (Audio Cassette)
Whitman [Bloomsbury Poetry Classics] (Hardcover)
Complete Writings [10 Volume - BCL1-PS American Literature] (Other)
Poetryleaves of Grass [Notable American Authors] (Hardcover)
Two Rivulets [Notable American Authors] (Other)
Goodbye My Fancy [Notable American Authors] (Other)
Criticism an Unpublished Essay [Notable American Authors] (Hardcover)
Walt Whitman's Drumtaps and Sequel to Drumtaps [Scholar's Facsimiles & Reprints] (Hardcover)
The Journalism 18341846 [Collected Writings of Walt Whitman] (Hardcover)
Rivulets of Prose [Essay Index Reprint Series] (Hardcover)
Dail Glaswellt Detholiad O Gerddi Walt Whitman [Cyfres Barddoniaeth Pwyllgor Cyfieithiadau Yr Academi Gymrei - Welsh Edition] (Hardcover)
Go Directly to the Creation [Poetry of Nature Series] (Audio Cassette)
Leaves of Grass the Original 1855 [Little Humanist Classics Series: No. 9] (Paperback)
Canto De Mi Mismo [Spanish Edition] (Hardcover)
Folhas De Relva [Em Portuguese do Brasil] (Paperback)