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Walt Whitman was an American poet whose verse collection 'Leaves of Grass' is a landmark in the history of American literature.

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Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, Long Island, New York on May 31, 1819. His father, Walter, was a laborer, carpenter, and house builder. His mother, Louisa, was a devout Quake

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He is an American poet who linked the Transcendentalist poets with the more realistic style of the Twentieth Century. Whitman Magnus opus was Leaves of Grass, a groundbreaking new style of poetry.

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Whitman later worked as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, writing the collection Drum Taps (1865) in connection to the experiences of war-torn soldiers. Having continued to produce new editions of Leaves of Grass along with original works, Whitman died on March 26, 1892 in Camden, New Jersey.