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Walt Whitman parents
Louisa Van Velsor Whitman is Walt Whitman's mother
Walter Whitman, Sr. is Walt Whitman's father.
his parents had 7 kids total including walt whitman -
siblings
brothers - Andrew jackson Whitman - Jesse Whitman - Edward Whitman - Thomas Jefferson Whitman - George washington Whitman Sisters - Mary Elizbeth Whitman - Hannah Louisa Whitman. -
Walt wWitman was born
Walt Whitman was born May 31, 1819 in West Hills, Long Island, New York. The second of Walter and Louisa Whitman's eight surviving children -
drops out
drops out of school to work as office boy for lowyer -
gets a diffrent job
summer 1832 works at worthingthon printing house. fall of 1832 to 1835 works as compositor on long island star. -
unemployed
worked as aprinter in new yourk but than was unemployed after a great fire. -
teaches from 1836 to 1838
teaces school on long island at east Norwich, Hempstead, Babylon, Long Swamp, and Smithtown. -
leaves of grass
whitmans published his his work leavs of grass with his own money in 1855 -
Nurse
whitman was a vonteer nurse during the american civle war and like to help the people who where hurt -
democratic vistas
In 1870 Whitman published, "Democratic Vistas", followed in 1871 with "Song of the Exposition". The latter contribution was done in honor of the American Institute Exposition -
raw eggs
whalt whitman started eating 4 raw eggs every day for breackfast for the rest of his live. in the 20 years he did this he drank 29200 eggs -
health problems
In 1873 Whitman's health began to fail and he had a series of strokes, which he was able to survive, but they clearly took their toll. Following his strokes he moved to Camden, New Jersey to live near one of his brothers. About that time his mother also died. She had been of enormous emotional support during Whitman's life and her death was a considerable shock for him. But life goes on and in 1874 the influential periodical "Harper's Magazine" published "Prayer of Columbus. -
looking back
During the last decade of his life Whitman clearly enjoyed the recognition and fame his life's work had produced. In the early years he was often frustrated that his work was not always appreciated by the literary establishment of that time period -
walt witman death
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buried
walt was buried 3 days after he died and his funeral became a public spectace. -
sights found on
www.google images.com
www.whalt whitman school of edu.com
www.newnetherlandinstitute.org
www.biowaltwhitman.com
