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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

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Leaves of Grass
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ISBN/ASIN: 1449505716
Number of pages: 675

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One of the great innovative figures in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature. Leaves Of Grass is his one book. First published in 1855 with only twelve poems, it was greeted as the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed.

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