Walt Whitman

"A giftable, illustrated collection of quotes and pithy advice--equal parts self-help and grooming guide--by quintessential American poet and writer Walt Whitman. In 1858, famed American author Walt Whitman penned a series of newspaper columns under a pseudonym on the subject of "manly health and training," shortly before his landmark third edition of Leaves of Grass was published. Recently discovered for the first time in 150 years, the fascinating...

Presents volume five of a six-volume set on great American poets and features twenty-four of the selected poems of Walt Whitman including "Leaves of Grass," "Song of the Open Road," and "O Captain! My Captain."

Whitman originally published this work in 1858 as a thirteen-part essay series in the New York Atlas. He used the pen name "Mose Velsor." This health manifesto, relevant today, features recommendations for eating, sleeping and exercise, emphasizing mderation and focusing on the holistic relationship between the mind and the body.

Whitman's famous poem, accompanied by linoleum-cut illustrations, depicts people at work all over an earlier America.