When George's name was published on a list of wounded soldiers in the newspapers in December 1862, Walt hurried south to find his brother. Whitman was relieved to discover that George had hardly ...

Then, one day, I was stopped on Washington Street by a friend who made this startling announcement: "Walt Whitman is in town; I have seen him!" When I asked where, he replied: "At the stereotype ...

Whitman's great grandfather had been a slave owner (slavery was legal on Long Island until 1828) and Whitman did not have a high opinion of the ten percent of Brooklyn residents who were of ...

The event is hosted by the school's Robocats Robotics Club.

Walt Whitman's small notebook, now disbound, had this black leather cover when the poet carried it in his coat pocket. Whitman first saw Lincoln when the president-elect visited New York on his ...

The result is a beautiful and moving film cycle. Walt Whitman was a late bloomer. By the early 1850s he had published poems, short stories, and a novel, but all of them were thoroughly ...

Muller has been assistant principal at Walt Whitman High School for 19 years ... in educational administration and supervision from St. John’s University. He is scheduled to be presented ...