Early Life
Walt Whitman was born here on May 31, 1819.
What is Long Island, New York?
President during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
He wrote Leaves of Grass.
Who is Walt Whitman?
Leaves of Grass plays a role in this television series.
What is Breaking Bad?
This collection of poetry by American poet Walt Whitman was first published in 1865.
What is Drum-Taps?
In 1823, Whitman and his family moved here.
What is Brooklyn?
The last state to secede during the Civil War. Where we are now.
What is North Carolina?
These many editions of Leaves of Grass, also the number of legs on an ant.
What is 6?
I Sing the Body Electric was used by Ray Bradbury as the title of a 1969 short story and the book it appeared in (I Sing the Body Electric!), after first appearing as the title of an episode he wrote in 1962 for this TV show.
What is the Twilight Zone?
This poem was written for President Abraham Lincon.
What is "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd"?
He did this in Long Island.
What is teach?
The first state to secede.
What is South Carolina?
The last unofficial edition of Leaves of Grass.
What is the Deathbed Edition?
Leaves of Grass appears in this John Green novel.
What is Paper Towns?
This poem was published in Whitman's 1860 edition of his epic collection Leaves of Grass.
What is "I Hear America Singing"?
At the age of 23, he edited a daily a newspaper in New York, and in 1846 he became editor of this one.
What is the Daily Eagle?
Whitman was this during the Civil War.
What is a volunteer nurse?
The edition with Whitman’s manuscript, annotations, revisions, additions, and deletions
What is the Blue Book?
This singer quotes verses from Whitman's "I Sing the Body Electric" in her short film Tropico.
Who is Lana Del Rey?
A cluster of poems in Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.
What is are the "Calamus" poems?
He was this old when he started working. Also how many legs are on two ants.
What is 12?
When the Civil War happened. (Exact Dates)
What is from Apr 12, 1861 – Apr 9, 1865?
The first edition of Leaves of Grass was published this year.
What is 1855?
This president gave Leaves of Grass as a gift to a former White House Intern.
Who is Bill Clinton?
this is a short poem by Walt Whitman, published in an 1891 edition of Leaves of Grass.
What is "A Noiseless Patient Spider"?