01594cam a2200373 4500 981111268 TxAuBib 20041020120000.0 030910s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003020085 9780439357913 $13.95 0439357918 $13.95 (OCoLC)53792753 DLC DLC WIQ TEF TxAuBib Kerley, Barbara. Walt Whitman : words for America / by Barbara Kerley ; illustrated by Brian Selznick. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2004. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm. Front cover has oval cutout to show portrait on flyleaf. Includes bibliographical references. 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. A Junior Library Guild selection. 2004/10. Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 Juvenile literature. Whitman, Walt 1819-1892. Poets, American 19th century Biography Juvenile literature. Poets, American. Nurses United States Biography Juvenile literature. Nurses. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical care Juvenile literature. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. Selznick, Brian.