WALT WHITMAN'S CIVIL WAR - Walter Lowenfels, Ed. (1960 Hardcover, 1st Ed.)

Description: WALT WHITMAN'S CIVIL WAR - Walter Lowenfels, Ed. (1960 Hardcover, 1st Ed.) From the cover and flyleaf: The First Collection in One Volume of the Poet's Magnificent Prose Writings of His eyewitness Experiences in the Civil War. In 1863 Walt Whitman first proposed to publisher, John Redpath, a book about his Civil War experiences. It was never published. But in a draft prospectus Whitman described "a new book ... with its framework jotted down on the battlefield, in the shelter tent, by the wayside amid the rubble of passing artillery trains or the moving of calvary in the streets of Washington, in the gorgeous halls of gold where the national representatives meet, and above all in the great military hospitals, amid the children of everyone in the United States, the representatives of every battle, amid the ashy face, the bloody bandage, with death and suffering on every side. An ardent book, arresting many of the most significant things, flashes, stormy and quick, that characterize the time and spirit and fact of the events all are passing through--a book indeed full of these vehement, these tremendous days--full of incidents, full of the blood and vitality of the American people--a book, antedating from New York, with the proclivities of Nationality, Freedom, and real Democracy. ..."Includes 16 pages of drawings and water colors by Winslow Homer FREE MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING TO DOMESTIC ADDRESSES! PRIORITY MAIL available for speedy delivery! International buyers may use eBay's International Shipping Program. And see my other books for sale here!

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