Author: Morris, Roy, Jr.,
Title: The Better Angel: Walt Whitman in the Civil War.
Description: NY, Oxford Univ Press, 2000. VG PB. The Civil War saved Walt Whitman personally even as it also saved the Union itself, delivering it from the sin of slavery,. rescuing it from the danger of secession, and preserving it from political destruction. Whitman came like a Santa Claus among the wounded soldeirs with a knapsack full of humble gifts of fruit, candy, cloting, tobacco, books, magazines, pencil, and paper. He styled himself as a Soldiers' Missionary on the front os his notebook.

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