Walt Whitman speaks: his final thoughts on life, writing, spirituality, and the promise of America

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196).
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction / Brenda Wineapple -- Nature -- The human heart -- Writing -- Writers -- Reading -- Leaves of Grass -- My poetry -- Literature -- Critics -- Art and artists -- Self-reliance -- Egotism -- Self-reflection -- Women -- Love -- Sex -- Friendship -- Democracy -- America -- The Civil War -- Lincoln -- Heroes -- History -- Biography -- Politics and politicians -- Radicals -- Internationalism -- Science -- Religion -- Mystery, faith, and the universe -- Immortality -- My philosophy -- Spirituality -- Success -- Aging.
Summary, etc.:	"Here is Whitman the sage, champion of expansiveness and human freedom. Here too, is the poet's more personal side--his vivid memories of Thoreau, Emerson, and Lincoln, his literary judgments of writers such as Shakespeare, Goethe, and Tolstoy, and his expressions of hope in the democratic promise of the nation he loved. The result is a keepsake edition to touch the soul, capturing the distilled wisdom of America's greatest poet"--from Jacket.