Walt Whitman was a distinctive and provocative poet of the 19t...  .... At the height of his fame, as he faced old age, Whitman became an advertising icon. He didn’t seek...  ...do with the poet himself. It started with cigars. Whitman didn’t smoke. During the Gilde...

Walt Whitman was born May 31, 1819, which means he would have...  ...a wax cylinder recording of what is thought to be Whitman 's voice reading four lines from the poem "America...