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Leaves of Grass

  • Walt Whitman
1855
Independently published

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Brag and Humblebrag: Walt Whitman’s Encounters

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How the American Civil War Gave Walt Whitman a Call to Action

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Whitman, Melville, & Julia Ward Howe: A Tale of Three Bicentennials

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