TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kerley, Barbara
AU  - Selznick, Brian
TI  - Walt Whitman: : words for America 
SN  - 9780439738910
AV  - 811.3 K45w 2005 
PY  - 2004///, 2005
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic
KW  - Whitman, Walt
N1  - Lex: 970
N2  - Overview: The pioneering team that brought you the Caldecott Honor-winning THE DINOSAURS OF WATERHOUSE HAWKINS focuses their remarkable skills and vision on Walt Whitman--poet, American, Civil War hero. Did you know that poet Walt Whitman was also a Civil War nurse? Devastated by his country dividing and compelled to service by his brother`s war injury, Walt nursed all soldiers-Union & Confederate, black & white. By getting to know them through many intense and affecting experiences, he began to see a greater life purpose: His writing could give these men a voice, & in turn, achieve his greatest aspiration--to capture the true spirit of America. Dramatic, powerful, & deeply moving, this consummate portrait of Whitman will inspire readers to pick up their pens & open their hearts to humanity
ER  -