Walt Whitman
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Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality. [1]
Walt Whitman and Bill Duckett
In 1884 when Whitman was 65 years old, he bought a house at 328 Mickle Street. Bill Duckett was a neighbor boy who lived three doors down and was somewhere between twelve and fifteen at the time.[2]
