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Book Authors Jean Huets
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Born to a U.S. Army soldier and his Venetian bride, Jean grew up in Europe and several of the United States, including Hawaii, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, and now Virginia. Being a perpetual new kid" gave her an inside track to being an outsider, as well as a multitude of interests and experiences. She lives in central Virginia with her husband. You can contact her at jeanhuets [at] gmail [dot] com. And Ted Widmer, editor. With Walt Whitman: Himself. Middot; Log in.
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18th century
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March 25, 2012. It’s a sad day for March 25. Today is the 260th anniversary of today losing status as New Year’s Day. Beginning in 1752, New Year’s Day for Great Britain and her colonies was moved from March 25 to January 1, as the calendar shifted from Julian to Gregorian. To adjust further, September 3 through 13 were skipped over (eliminated) in the 1752 calendar. Double-date of 1749/50 occurs twice in the document (click to enlarge). If the shift took place in 1752, why a double-date in 1750? And exa...
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abolitionism
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A Dickensian look at slavery. February 7, 2012. 8220;A Night Steamer on the Potomac River. Virginia Road, and a Black Driver”…. Dickens, 1842, on the way from DC to Richmond. Today Dickens’ description of a black stagecoach driver may have a racist ring, but in fact, it’s like most of his descriptions of people: garnished only with his own quirky sensibilities. 8211; from chapter 9, American Notes. Filed Under: 19th century. Whitman’s father & House Framing in the Mid-19th Century. Benjamin F. Butler.
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Abraham Lincoln
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April 15, 2015. Filed Under: 19th century. Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln. Steve Scafidi: To the Bramble and the Briar. November 25, 2014. My book review of poet Steve Scafidi’s book. To the Bramble and the Briar. Some of the poems were previously published as the Lincoln Poems in blackbird. Filed Under: 19th century. Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln. Gettysburg Address (and voting). July 4, 2012. Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg address Nov 19, 1863, at the dedication of the National Cemetery created to honor...
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Civil War
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The Civil War Dead, for real. August 25, 2016. Page from a draft of “Song of Myself,” by Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman gives beauty to the soldiers dying under his care in the hospital. The goriest, most wrenching passage in his. Memoranda During the War. Is for the dead on the field: Slaughterhouse! O well it is their mothers, their sisters cannot see them cannot conceive, and never conceiv’d, these things. He continues with the horrors of the body parts strewn, the chalk-white face, the bowel shot. Letter...
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Walt Whitman
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WALT WHITMAN IN WASHINGTON, DC. Walt Whitman called Washington, D.C. a city of romance, of things begun. Links to Walt’s Washington, D.C. SONG OF MYSELF PDF. From the 1881 edition of. PDF Song of Myself. Free for you to enjoy. The text was cut/pasted from The Walt Whitman Archive. Please note I can’t offer support or help with download issues, formatting, printers, etc. My posts on Walt Whitman. AMERICA – WALT READING. Http:/ jeanhuets.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/America.mp3. Benjamin F. Butler.
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With Walt Whitman: HImself
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With Walt Whitman: Himself. IBook for iPad and Mac. September 5, 2015. 8220;A beautiful book of windows onto the life of Walt Whitman. From the clear ringing prose to the fascinating photographs and colored illustrations of the great poet’s life we find the man anew standing in his time and looking straight at us. [Huets] has made a book of marvels and I can’t put it down.” Award-winning poet Steve Scafidi. Jean Huets’ With Walt Whitman: Himself. And Whitman Series, and Co-Director of Walt Whitman Archive.
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19th century
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The Civil War Dead, for real. August 25, 2016. Page from a draft of “Song of Myself,” by Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman gives beauty to the soldiers dying under his care in the hospital. The goriest, most wrenching passage in his. Memoranda During the War. Is for the dead on the field: Slaughterhouse! O well it is their mothers, their sisters cannot see them cannot conceive, and never conceiv’d, these things. He continues with the horrors of the body parts strewn, the chalk-white face, the bowel shot. Letter...
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Americana
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The Civil War Dead, for real. August 25, 2016. Page from a draft of “Song of Myself,” by Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman gives beauty to the soldiers dying under his care in the hospital. The goriest, most wrenching passage in his. Memoranda During the War. Is for the dead on the field: Slaughterhouse! O well it is their mothers, their sisters cannot see them cannot conceive, and never conceiv’d, these things. He continues with the horrors of the body parts strewn, the chalk-white face, the bowel shot. Letter...
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