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Synopsis
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 and Confederate, black and 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, and in turn, achieve his highest aspiration--to capture the true spirit of America. Dramatic, powerful, and deeply moving, this consummate portrait of Whitman will inspire readers to pick up their pens and open their hearts to humanity.
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Barbara Kerley says of her inspiration for this book, "I'd loved Walt's poems for years, and in researching Walt's life, his Civil War experience quickly captured me. I knew I wanted it to be the focus of my book on this most remarkable man." Kerley lives northern California with family.
Brian Selznick visited Walt's birth home in West Hills, New York and learned how to use a working 19th-centrury printing press at the South Street Seaport Museum in Manhattan. He also spent time in the Rare Book Room of the New York Public Library, where he held in his hand one of Walt's original handmade notebooks. "It was thrilling," he says. Selznick lives in Brooklyn, New York.
About the Author
Barbara Kerley's award-winning biographies—including WHAT TO DO ABOUT ALICE? and THE EXTRAORDINARY MARK TWAIN (ACCORDING TO SUSY), both illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham, and THE DINOSAURS OF WATERHOUSE HAWKINS and WALT WHITMAN: WORDS FOR AMERICA, both illustrated by Brian Selznick—are consistently praised for their lively prose, meticulous research, and artistic presentation style. Kerley lives in Portland, Oregon. You can visit her online at www.barbarakerley.com.
In addition to The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick is the illustrator of the Caldecott Honor winner, The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, and The New York Times Best Illustrated Walt Whitman: Words for America, both by Barbara Kerley, as well as the Sibert Honor Winner When Marian Sang, by Pam Muņoz Ryan, and numerous other celebrated picture books and novels. Brian has also worked as a set designer and a puppeteer. When he isn’t traveling to promote his work all over the world, he lives in San Diego, California, and Brooklyn, New York.
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- PublisherScholastic Press
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0439357918
- ISBN 13 9780439357913
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages56
- IllustratorSelznick Brian
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