Walt Whitman : words for America /
by Barbara Kerley ; illustrated by Brian Selznick.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Scholastic Press, 2004.
- [42] p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
School Library Journal starred Pub Weekly Kirkus Starred
A biography of the American poet whose compassion led him to nurse soldiers during the Civil War, to give voice to the nation's grief at Lincoln's assassination, and to capture the true American spirit in verse.
United States--History--Medical care--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile literature. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War.