01540cam a2200325 4500 1147859391 TxAuBib ||||||s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2003020085 9780439357913 0439357918 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. 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. Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 Juvenile literature. Whitman, Walt 1819-1892. Nurses United States Biography Juvenile literature. Nurses. Poets, American 19th century Biography Juvenile literature. Poets, American. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical care Juvenile literature. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. Selznick, Brian, ill. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1301/2003020085-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/schol051/2003020085.html Publisher description