The wound dresser

Description:

First published in 1897, "The Wound Dresser" contains a collection of Walt Whitman's letters written from hospitals in Washington during the American civil war. This fascinating volume offers a unique glimpse into Whitman's experiences volunteering as a nurse in army hospitals during the American civil war, providing the reader with a telling insight into the mind of America's greatest poet. "The Wound Dresser" was published posthumously by Whitman's literary executor Richard Maurice Bucke.

subjects: American Poets,  Correspondence,  History,  Hospitals,  Hospitals, charities,  Mothers,  United States Civil War, 1861-1865,  Histoire,  Hôpitaux, oeuvres de bienfaisance

People: Louisa Van Velsor Whitman (1795-1873),  Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Places: United States,  États-Unis

Times: 19th century,  Civil War, 1861-1865,  1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)