WaltWhitman

• Per__sonal__ Life** (http://waltwhitman.org/AboutWhitman.asp) Walt whitman was born on May 31, 1819 in Huntington ,NY, Long Island. He was 72 when he died (March 26, 1892). Walt was the second child out of nine all together. His ancestors graced South Huntington for over 125 years. He lived in a farm house which still stands today, built by his father Walter Whitman Sr. whose occupation was house building. His father and mother (Louisa Van Velsor) married in the year of 1816. After moving to Brooklyn in 1823, Walt attended grammar school. He was extreamly self educated for he was very big on reading. Throughout his life he continued his literary and journalistic intrests. At age 12 Walt landed his first job as a printer's devil at The Long Island Patriot. By age 26 (1835) he was the printer in New York City. Unfotuanatley, due to an economic deppresion in his work feild; he returned home to Long Island to live with his parents untill 1841. Walt landed various teaching positions in about 8 differnt school districts in the western part of Long Island.In 1838 he established "The Long-Islander" which is Huntingtons weekly paper,he sold it a year after, it is still in business today. Walt decided to continue his journalism career untill 1859. In the year of 1855 Walt published his first book. It was his firts volume of poems Leaves in the Grass. The book held 12 untitled poems and all together had 9 volumes. The book did not sell but was highly praised by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The book was later translated into 8 differnet languages. None Walt wrote in the Nineteenth century (transcendentalism/romanticism). His style was very unique durring his time period. Readers did not like him for that reason. He liked to write outside the box. His themes were very differnt from other writters in his time.
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