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Walt Whitman was named after his father, a carpenter and farmer who was 34 years old when Whitman was born. Walter Whitman, Sr., had been born just after the end of the American Revolution; always a liberal thinker, he knew and admired Thomas Paine.
Apr 15, 2024 · Walt Whitman was an American poet, journalist and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, is a landmark in the history of American literature. His aim was to transcend traditional epics and to eschew normal aesthetic form.
1816. Walter Whitman Sr., marries Louisa Van Velsor. 1819. Walter Whitman Jr. (aka Walt Whitman), is born May 31. 1823. The Whitmans move to Brooklyn. Carlton Jarvis (later called “one of the most enterprising farmers in the neighborhood”) moves in with his new wife Susannah. 1850. Walt Whitman visits West Hills with his father.
Oct 8, 2017 · Walter Whitman Sr. (1789 - 1855) Born 1789 [location unknown] Ancestors. Son of Jesse Whitman and Hannah Platt (Brush) Whitman. [sibling (s) unknown] Husband of Louisa Van (Van Velsor) Whitman — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Walter Whitman, Sr. was a stern and sometimes hot-tempered man, whom Walt Whitman respected but for whom he never felt a great deal of affection. Walter Whitman may have had a problem with alcoholism, which had doubtless run through the Whitman family line from the time of America's alcoholic eighteenth century. Buckle describes Walter Whitman ...
Apr 14, 2008 · This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his...
Walt Whitman’s Birthplace, a State Historic Site listed on the National Register of Historic Places, still stands and commemorates his nativity. The farmhouse was constructed by the poet’s father Walter Whitman Sr., a house builder, upon his marriage to Louisa Van Velsor in 1816.
