Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition

Here are the incomparable poems of one of America's greatest poets. Singer, thinker, visionary, and citizen extraordinaire, this was Walt Whitman, the man Thoreau called "probably the greatest democrat that ever lived." The content and grouping of this newly typeset edition is the version authorized by Whitman himself for the final and complete edition of his masterpiece.

"The most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed."--Ralph Waldo Emerson