{"product_id":"walt-whitman-in-washington-dc-garrett-peck-9781540213853","title":"Walt Whitman in Washington, D.C.: The Civil War and America's Great Poet","description":"Walt Whitman was already famous for Leaves of Grass when he journeyed to the nation's capital at the height of the Civil War to find his brother George, a Union officer wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Whitman eventually served as a volunteer \"hospital missionary,\" making more than six hundred hospital visits and serving over eighty thousand sick and wounded soldiers in the next three years. With the 1865 publication of Drum-Taps, Whitman became poet laureate of the Civil War, aligning his legacy with that of Abraham Lincoln. He remained in Washington until 1873 as a federal clerk, engaging in a dazzling literary circle and fostering his longest romantic relationship, with Peter Doyle. Author Garrett Peck details the definitive account of Walt Whitman's decade in the nation's capital. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Garrett Peck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1540213854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781540213853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Garrett Peck","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43989277769983,"sku":"9781540213853","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c9311c6c-d22f-4a4a-9a47-a77abd52ae27.jpg?v=1683298590","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/walt-whitman-in-washington-dc-garrett-peck-9781540213853","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}