Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) was an American essayist, poet, and
journalist who was pivotal to the transition from transcendentalism to
realism. His work was notably divisive and claimed by many to be obscene
when first published, but he is now considered to be one of the most
influential people in the American poetic canon and the "father of free
verse". This volume contains an account by Elizabeth Leavitt Keller
(1839-1928) of Whitman's life at his home on Mickle Street in New
Jersey, United States; where he resided-mostly bedridden-following a
paralytic stroke in 1873. Contents include: "Mary Oakes Davis", "Walt
Whitman's Home", "The New Regime", "Curious Neighbours", "Mr. Whitman
Drives", "Brooms, Bills and Mental Chloroform", "Visiting and Visitors",
"A Bust and a Painting", "Rest-And Routine", "A Shock, and Some
Changes", "Anchored", etc. Other notable works by this author include:
"Franklin Evans" (1842), "Life and Adventures of Jack Engle" (1852), and
"Leaves of Grass" (1855). Many vintage books such as this are becoming
increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are
republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality
edition complete with the original text and artwork.