Penguin.com (usa)
About Walt Whitman
Books by Walt Whitman
Author, Walt Whitman - CORBIS/Bettmann
Image Information

Walt Whitman

About Walt Whitman

An Interview with Walt Whitman

More About Walt Whitman
directory email print

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was born on Long Island and educated in Brooklyn, New York. He served as a printer's devil, journeyman compositor, itinerant schoolteacher, editor, and unofficial nurse to Northern and Southern soldiers.

Find Books by Walt Whitman

Sign Up
  • Penguin Newsletter

Sign up for the Penguin newsletter here»

Send this page to a friend
Author Image: Walt Whitman - CORBIS/Bettmann

All There Is
$24.95 | buy now

All There Is

Dave Isay

StoryCorps founder and New York Times bestselling author Dave Isay shares stories of love and marriage from the revolutionary oral history project.
See the author on tour »

A Good American
$25.95 | buy now

A Good American

Alex George

An uplifting debut novel about the families we create and the places we call home.
Get the reading group guide »