Insight into the challenging initial phases of Walt Whitman's life in Long Island and Brooklyn, and his revolutionary contribution to the world of literature.

The poet moves to Washington to care for injured Civil War soldiers but is disillusioned by the Gilded Age after the war. He recovers from a debilitating stroke to live out his days in Camden NJ, where he continues to write poetry. Includes such renowned poems as "When Lilacs Last in the Doory'd Bloomed," "O Captain! My Captain!" "The Wound-Dresser," and "Goodbye My Fancy."