Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations Employed in the Notes
Introduction: Whitman’s America
Chapter I. The Whitman’s of West Hill
Chapter II. Boyhood in Brooklyn
Chapter III. Teacher and JournalistChapter IV. Romance (1848)Chapter V. IlluminationChapter VI. The CarpenterChapter VII. Whitman’s ManifestoChapter VIII. The MysticChapter IX. “Year of Meteors”Chapter X. The Testament of a ComradeChapter XI. America at WarChapter XII. The Proof of ComradeshipChapter XIII. A Washington Clerk
Chapter XIV. Friends and FameChapter XV. Illness
Chapter XVI. ConvalescenceChapter XVII. The Second Boston EditionChapter XVIII. Among the ProphetsChapter XIX. He Becomes a HouseholderChapter XX. At Mickle StreetChapter XXI. “Good-Bye, My Fancy” Appendix A
Appendix B
Index