| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 120 minutes) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; widescreen; optional 5.1 surround sound. |
| Performer |
Narrator, J.K. Simmons ; voice of Walt Whitman, Chris Cooper. |
| Credits |
Editor, Penny Elliott Hays ; director of photography, Michael Chin ; music, Joel Goodman. |
| Note |
Broadcast as an episode of the PBS television program American experience. |
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Special feature: teacher's guide PDF. |
| Summary |
One of the most-recognized figures in American literary history: poet, patriot, and faithful advocate of democracy. But in his own time, critics denounced Walt Whitman as a "lunatic raving in pitiable delirium". This "American Experience" production 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 at the age of 72. |
| Contents |
Center of everything -- Captured by the city -- Slavery and the coming crisis -- Leaves of grass -- Desperate to connect -- A call for affection -- The Civil War -- Drum taps -- His life's work. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
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Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Documentary television programs -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Zwonitzer, Mark.
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Wignot, Jamila.
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Long, Patrick.
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Simmons, J. K.
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Cooper, Chris, 1951-
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Patrick Long Productions (Firm)
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Hidden Hill Productions.
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PBS Home Video.
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| Added Title |
American experience (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0793694361 |
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9780793694365 |
| Standard No. |
841887009379 |
| Music No. |
AMX62008 PBS Home Video |
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