Now the Drum of War : Walt Whitman and His Brothers in the Civil War (Hardcover)

from greggchadwick

In December 1862 Walt Whitman saw the name of his brother George, a Union soldier in the 51st New York Infantry, listed among the wounded from the battle of Fredericksburg. Whitman rushed from Brooklyn to the Washington D.C. area to search the hospitals and encampments for his brother. During thi...

from katekf

In this book Roper shows how to write a book about history and literature that takes advantage of the wealth of material available about the Whitman family. Now the Drum of War is the story of the Whitman family through the lens of the Civil War in their own words. The record of letters written a...

from jcbrunner

The Waltons go to war. The Whitmans were a large but closely knit family that met the challenge of war. At the time of the dreadful civil war, most of the children were grown adults themselves. Their letters are much more mature and perspicuous than the usual civil war soldier. Already 32 years o...

from dudara

Walt Whitman was undoubtedly one of the most influential American poets and is hailed as the father of free verse. Personally, I have a love for Whitman, and even featured an excerpt from one of this poems on the inscription page of my doctoral thesis. Robert Roper has compiled and written a deta...

from greggchadwick

In December 1862 Walt Whitman saw the name of his brother George, a Union soldier in the 51st New York Infantry, listed among the wounded from the battle of Fredericksburg. Whitman rushed from Brooklyn to the Washington D.C. area to search the hospitals and encampments for his brother. During thi...