{"product_id":"9781626199736","title":"Walt Whitman in Washington, D.C. : The Civil War and America's Great Poet","description":"\u003cbr\u003eWalt Whitman was already famous for Leaves of Grass when he journeyed to the nation's capital at the height of the Civil War to find his brother George, a Union officer wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Whitman eventually served as a volunteer \"hospital missionary,\" making more than six hundred hospital visits and serving over eighty thousand sick and wounded soldiers in the next three years. With the 1865 publication of Drum-Taps, Whitman became poet laureate of the Civil War, aligning his legacy with that of Abraham Lincoln. He remained in Washington until 1873 as a federal clerk, engaging in a dazzling literary circle and fostering his longest romantic relationship, with Peter Doyle. Author Garrett Peck details the definitive account of Walt Whitman's decade in the nation's capital.","brand":"Arcadia Pub","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061190115568,"sku":"9781626199736","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781626199736_p0.jpg?v=1763865028","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781626199736","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}