Title |
Now the drum of war Walt Whitman and his brothers in the Civil War
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Names |
Roper, Robert.
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Book Number |
DB069255
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Professor uses letters and poems to trace the history of Walt Whitman's Brooklyn family. Highlights his brother George's rise in the Union army and survival through twenty-one Civil War conflicts, notes sibling Thomas's successful engineering career, and discusses the influence of Whitman's parents during nineteenth-century economic and social turmoil. 2008.
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Narrator |
Avers, Roy.
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Local Subject |
Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Short Book - SH
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Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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Biography - Historical - BIH
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Biography - Literary - BIL
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War (Non-Fiction) - WNF
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War - Civil War - WNFC
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Literature - Poetry - POE
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History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Audience Notes |
Male narrator.
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LC Subject |
Poets, American - 19th century - Biography
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United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives
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United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - War work
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Call Number |
973.781 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2008
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2008 (American Printing House for the Blind, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: New York : Walker & Co., 2008. 0802715532
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