In Search of Walt Whitman, Part One: The Early Years (1819-1860)

Visit our website to view all our films: http://www.EastRockFilms.com Check out our latest film on Edgar Allan Poe: Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=320UwitHpsc&ab_channel=EastRockFilms Part Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wQgzhXW5bY&ab_channel=EastRockFilms. This engaging film tells the story of Walt Whitman’s remarkable life (1819-1892), the turbulent era in which he lived, and the timeless poetry he created. In Part One, Walt Whitman rises from a hardscrabble boyhood in Long Island and Brooklyn to write the masterpiece Leaves of Grass in 1855 that revolutionizes literature. Many of Whitman’s most famous poems are profiled including “I Hear America Singing,” “Song of Myself,” “I Sing the Body Electric,” “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking,” and “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” Part One also explores the mystery of how a seemingly ordinary writer, with little education or training, could have created such a literature-changing masterpiece. Be sure to check out Part Two: The Civil War and Beyond (1861-1892): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOHL8NEQCyM&t=7s&ab_