Kindred spirits despite their profound differences in position,
Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman shared a vision of the democratic
character. They had read or listened to each other's words at
crucial turning points in their lives, and both were utterly
transformed by the tragedy of the Civil War. In this radiant book,
poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein tracks the parallel lives
of these two titans from the day that Lincoln first read "Leaves of
Grass" to the elegy Whitman composed after Lincoln's assassination
in 1865.
Drawing on a rich trove of personal and newspaper accounts and
diary records, Epstein shows how the influence and reverence flowed
between these two men-and brings to life the many friends and
contacts they shared. Epstein has written a masterful portrait of
two great American figures and the era they shaped through words
and deeds.
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