American experience, PBS ; written and directed by Mark Zwonitzer ; produced and co-directed by Jamila Wignot ; producer, Patrick Long ; executive producer, Mark Samels ; a Patrick Long Productions film in association with HiddenHill Productions for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation
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American experience, PBS ; written and directed by Mark Zwonitzer ; produced and co-directed by Jamila Wignot ; producer, Patrick Long ; executive producer, Mark Samels ; a Patrick Long Productions film in association with HiddenHill Productions for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
American experience
Oclc number
228416366
Responsibility statement
PBS ; written and directed by Mark Zwonitzer ; produced and co-directed by Jamila Wignot ; producer, Patrick Long ; executive producer, Mark Samels ; a Patrick Long Productions film in association with HiddenHill Productions for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation
Runtime
120
Series statement
American experience Television program
Summary
One of the most-recognized figures in American literary history: poet, patriot, and faithful advocate of democracy. But in his own time, critics denounced Walt Whitman as a "lunatic raving in pitiable delirium". This "American experience" production tells Whitman's life story, from his working class childhood in Long Island to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892 at the age of 72
Table Of Contents
Center of everything -- Captured by the city -- Slavery and the coming crisis -- Leaves of grass -- Desperate to connect -- A call for affection -- The Civil War -- Drum taps -- His life's work
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live action
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Walt Whitman
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- Biographies
- Documentary television programs -- United States
- DVD-Video discs
- Documentaires télévisés
- Documentary television programs
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
- Biographical television programs
- Poètes américains -- 19e siècle -- Biographies
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Documentaires télévisés -- États-Unis
- Biographies télévisées
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
- Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography
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- Documentary television programs -- United States
- DVD-Video discs
- Documentaires télévisés
- Documentary television programs
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
- Biographical television programs
- Poètes américains -- 19e siècle -- Biographies
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Documentaires télévisés -- États-Unis
- Biographies télévisées
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
- Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography
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