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Now the Drum of War (Walt Whitman and His Brothers in the Civil War) (Hardcover)
- Author: Robert Roper
- Publisher: Walker & Co
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A profile of the archetypal Whitman family evaluates the ways in which their experiences reflected the progression of the Civil War, in an account that traces Walt's work as a nurse, his younger brother George's military service, and their correspondence with other family members. 35,000 first printing. A hybrid of biography, history, and a literary criticism, NOW THE DRUM OF WAR views the Civil War through the life, letters, and poetry of the iconic American poet Walt Whitman. While Walt worked as a nurse, tending to wounded soldiers in Washington, D.C., his brother George was a heroic leader of 21 battles, and eventually nearly died in a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp. Using a wealth of primary documents--journals and letters--Robert Roper paints a compelling picture of the Whitman family, with a special emphasis on the guiding force of Walt's mother, an uneducated but practical woman whose three sons went on to various forms of greatness and accomplishment in the world.
Features
- Genre: Fiction & Literature Themes, Poetry, Biography & Autobiography
- Subgenre: Literary, General, War & Military, Military, Historical
- Date Published: October 28, 2008
- Release Date: October 28, 2008
- Publisher: Walker & Co
- Author: Robert Roper
- Pages: 421
- Format: Hardcover
Additional Information
- DPCI: 247-02-2829
- ASIN: B002RLEA42
- Catalog #: 11803574
- ISBN: 9780802715531
- Item can be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 9.75 inches length x 6.5 inches width x 1.5 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 1.66 pounds.
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Reviewer: Nicholas Delbanco, (Washington Post Book World)
"Robert Roper offers up a fresh perspective: the bard as family man....NOW THE DRUM OF WAR fills in important blanks; we end up with a sense of the individual as part of an impressive collective entity called Whitman."
Reviewer: Floyd Skloot, (Philadelphia Inquirer)
"At its heart, despite so much suffering and death, Roper's book is a moving, vivid exploration of love in many forms....The...book...makes readers feel the force of what these people endured, and how their mutual love found expression in acts of bold, brave, honorable service."
Reviewer: Robert Faggen, (Los Angeles Times)
"[A] vivid and engaging biographical study."
