{"product_id":"civil-war-poetry-and-prose-9780486285078","title":"Civil War Poetry and Prose","description":"\u003cp\u003eWalt Whitman experienced the agonies of the Civil War firsthand, working, in his forties, as a dedicated volunteer throughout the conflict in Washington's overcrowded, understaffed military hospitals. This superb selection of his poems, letters, and prose from the war years, filled with the sights and sounds of war and its ugly aftermath, express a vast and powerful range of emotions.\u003cbr\u003eAmong the poems include here, first published in \u003ci\u003eDrum-Taps\u003c\/i\u003e (1865) and \u003ci\u003eSequel to Drum-Taps\u003c\/i\u003e (1866), are a number of Whitman's most famous works: \"O Captain  My Captain \" \"The Wound-Dresser,\" \"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd,\" and \"Come Up from the Fields, Father.\" The letters and prose selections, including Whitman's musings on the publication of his works, on the wounded men he tended, and his impressions of Lincoln traveling about the city of Washington, offer keen insights into an extraordinary era in American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486285078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.21w x 0.24d","brand":"Walt Whitman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637722214556,"sku":"9780486285078","price":4.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c9b3c11a-cf00-4393-8aa7-ca643a7abb5f.jpg?v=1603845524","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/civil-war-poetry-and-prose-9780486285078","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}