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Book SynopsisShortly after the third edition of Leaves of Grass was published in 1860, Walt Whitman seemed to drop off the literary map, only to emerge two and a half years later. This work reconstructs the forgotten years of Whitman through letters and manuscripts, as well as mapping his associations through newspapers and magazines in which he published.
Trade Review"Genoways' account fills in a major gap in previous biographies of Whitman and rebuts the canard that Whitman was unaffected by the war and the run-up to it." -- Jay Strafford Richmond Times-Dispatch "A wonderful book." -- Barbara Rich Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va) "Paints a vivid picture of an evolving America reacting to an internal conflict that virtually no one was prepared to address." Foreword "This compelling narrative will change the interpretation of Whitman and this time period... Highly recommended." Choice "Fascinating... Interesting and original information ... [is] uncovered through Genoways' original research." -- Helene Littmann Journal Of Historical Biography
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Quicksand Years Chapter 1 The Red-Hot Fellows of Those Times Chapter 2 The Representative Man of the North Chapter 3 The Volcanic Upheaval of the Nation Chapter 4 War-Suggesting Trumpets, I Heard You Chapter 5 Dead and Divine, and Brother of All Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
