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Lincoln and Whitman

parallel lives in Civil War Washington

by Daniel Mark Epstein

American PoetsBiographyHistoryHomes and hauntsPolitical culturePolitics and governmentPresidentsWashington (D.C.) Civil War, 1861-1865

Discusses how the lives and thoughts of president Abraham Lincoln and poet Walt Whitman converged during and after the American Civil War, noting how each turned to the other's works for inspiration.

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Book data: Open Library