Etching, Walt Whitman's Birth-Place, 1927 (Cortissoz/Clayton, 284). Monogrammed and inscribed "...imp" in pencil l.r., signed, inscribed, and dated "June 2nd/[monogram]/1927" in the plate l.l. Etching ...

pencils and paper to the hospitalized soldiers. More importantly, he lent an ear to the young men who needed a friend. His notebook from this period bore the name of "Walt Whitman, Soldiers ...

If one judges by the local roads, hiking trails, public schools and even shopping mall that bear his name, 19th century poet Walt Whitman holds a singular place across Long Island. As evidenced in ...

But the cover had a portrait of Walt Whitman, 'broad shouldered, rouge fleshed, Bacchus-browed.' ' To their credit, they don't shy away from mentioning the sexual nature of many of his poems ...