{"product_id":"2940016475585","title":"Walt Whitman: Leaves of Grass, Patriotic Poems, and Complete Prose Works (Illustrated)","description":"3 Works by Walt Whitman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeaves of Grass  is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892). First published in 1855, Whitman spent his entire life writing Leaves of Grass, revising it until his death. Among the poems in the collection are \"Song of Myself\", \"I Sing the Body Electric\", \"Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking\", and in later editions, Whitman's elegy to the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, \"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd\". \"Drum Taps\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Patriotic Poems of Walt Whitman includes the poem \"O Captain! My Captain!\"  written   in 1865. The poem is  a mourning poem that was written  to honor Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. Walt Whitman was born close to the founding of the country,  and he knew people who were involved in the American Revolution.  He also  lived through the American Civil War and experienced the unification and division of the United States. Walt Whitman was extremely patriotic and wrote many poems about the prominence of America. He also wrote poems about urging people to fight for what is right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComplete Prose Works :  Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated and with Hyperlinked chapters for easy navigation","brand":"Joanne Panettieri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179903074544,"sku":"2940016475585","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016475585_p0.jpg?v=1763636561","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016475585","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}