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The better angel

Walt Whitman in the Civil War
2000
Explores the Civil War years of American poet Walt Whitman, sharing the story of how he left New York to travel to Fredricksburg to tend to his wounded brother and found a new purpose visiting with and caring for injured soldiers for the duration of the war; and discussing the impact of his experiences on his later writing style.
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