Kerley, Barbara. <br/><br/>
Walt Whitman :  words for America / 
by Barbara Kerley ; illustrated by Brian Selznick. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Scholastic Press,  2004. 
 - [42] p. :  col. ill. ;  32 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Wilson's Children, July 2005  Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005  School Library Journal starred, November 2004  Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2005  Library Media Connection starred, February 2005  Horn Book Starred, April 2005  Pub Weekly, October 2004  Kirkus Starred, September 2004  Booklist, November 2004  New York Times, November 2004 
<br/><br/> A biography of the American poet whose compassion led him to nurse soldiers during the Civil War, to give voice to the nation's grief at Lincoln's assassination, and to capture the true American spirit in verse. 
<br/><br/> 6.6  3-6  Follett Library Resources 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0439357918 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003020085 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American poets--Biography.<br/>Nurses--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3232  / .K47 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>811/.3  B