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Wikipedia: Walter Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.
![[Whitman was honored on a 'Famous Americans Series' Postal issue, in 1940.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Walt_Whitman_1940_Issue_5c_s.jpg "Whitman was honored on a 'Famous Americans Series' Postal issue, in 1940.")
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![[Portrait of Whitman by Thomas Eakins, 1887-88]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/_C2_A7Whitman_2C_Walt_281819_1892_29_1887_ritr_da_Eakins_2C_Thomas_da_Internet_s.jpg "Portrait of Whitman by Thomas Eakins, 1887-88")
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![[Walt Whitman and Bill Duckett]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Walt_Whitman_and_Bill_Duckett_s.jpg "Walt Whitman and Bill Duckett")
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![[Whitman and Peter Doyle, one of the men with whom Whitman was believed to have had an intimate relationship]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Whitman_2C_Walt_281819_1892_29_and_Doyle_s.jpg "Whitman and Peter Doyle, one of the men with whom Whitman was believed to have had an intimate relationship")
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![[Walt Whitman, age 37, frontispiece to Leaves of Grass, Fulton St]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Walt_Whitman_2C_steel_engraving_2C_July_1854_s.jpg "Walt Whitman, age 37, frontispiece to Leaves of Grass, Fulton St")
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![[Whitman, age 28]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Walt_Whitman_2C_age_28_2C_1848_s.jpg "Whitman, age 28")
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