O Captain, My Captain: Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil War

by Robert Burleigh

Book Overview

Dramatic, lyrical, and beautifully illustrated, author Robert Burleigh and artist Sterling Hundley's picture book O Captain, My Captain tells the story of one of America's greatest poets and how he was inspired by one of America's greatest presidents.

Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln shared the national stage in Washington, DC, during the Civil War. Though the two men never met, Whitman would often see Lincoln's carriage on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419733583
• ISBN13: 9781419733581
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.8" x 10.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7