During this time, Whitman published a series of ten editorials, called Sun-Down Papers-From the Desk of a Schoolmaster, in three newspapers between the winter of 1840 and July 1841. From 1840-41 Whitman attempted to further his career in teaching, but with little success, he returned to writing. He embarked on this project in the spring of 1838, but sold the paper to E.O. He also anonymously published some of his earliest poetry in the New York Mirror.Īfter a brief sojourn as a teacher, living back with his family in Long Island, Whitman returned to New York to establish his own newspaper the Long Islander. The following summer, Whitman took a job with the leading Whig newspaper the Long-Island Star, and it was here that he developed a strong interest in reading, writing and theatre. He worked in an office of a legal firm and later as an apprentice and printer’s devil for the weekly Long Island newspaper, the Patriot. Whitman finished his formal schooling at age eleven, and immediately sought employment to aid his family. In part due to a series of bad investments, the family lived in various homes in the Brooklyn area, and Whitman recalled his childhood as generally restless and unhappy, given his family’s difficult economic status. He was the second of nine children of Walter Whitman and Louisa Van Velsor Whitman. Walt Whitman was born on 31st May 1819 in the Town of Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA. This rare book is proudly republished now with an introductory biography of the author. H Lawrence as “the greatest modern poet” and “the greatest American”. He is most famous for his seminal poetical work ‘Leaves of Grass’ and he was hailed by D. He is one of the most influential poets in American literature and is often referred to as the father of free verse. Walter 'Walt' Whitman (1819 - 1892) was a celebrated American poet, essayist and journalist.

A fascinating read, this book offers a unique insight into the mind of this great man and is an absolute must-read for lovers of Whitman. A keen woodsman with a passion for the outdoors, the literature contained herein was diligently transcribed for its original publication from ‘out-door notes’ composed on worn and time-stained fragments of paper by its editor, William Sloane Kennedy. Contained within the pages of this rare book is a collection of writings taken from Walt Whitman’s diaries and note-books written during his time in Canada.

Walt Whitman's Diary by Walt Whitman