Walt Whitman (2008)
• April 14th, 2008 • 1h 49min
Documentary, History
Overview
This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892.
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