Now the drum of war Walt Whitman and his brothers in the Civil War

Title Now the drum of war Walt Whitman and his brothers in the Civil War
Names Roper, Robert.
Book Number DB069255
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Book
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.
Narrator Avers, Roy.
Local Subject Adult Book - AD
Adult Non-Fiction - AN
Short Book - SH
Biography & Autobiography - BIO
Biography - Historical - BIH
Biography - Literary - BIL
War (Non-Fiction) - WNF
War - Civil War - WNFC
Literature - Poetry - POE
History, United States - HUS
History - HST
Audience Notes Male narrator.
LC Subject Poets, American - 19th century - Biography
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - War work
Call Number 973.781 ANF
Language English
Released 2008
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).
Original Publication Recorded from: New York : Walker & Co., 2008. 0802715532
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