Websites
Poets.org
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For all your Whitman needs.
A Poet's Preface
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Have a looksee at Whitman's famous preface to the 1885 edition of Leaves of Grass.
Video
These Ain't Your Mom's Jeans
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Check out this Levi's commercial, which made famous use of Whitman's "Pioneers! O Pioneers!"
Blue Jean Baby
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No, not L.A. lady. Hear Whitman read Whitman, in this even more famous Levi's commercial.
Audio
"Pioneers! O Pioneers"
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You haven't lived until you've heard this one aloud. We're not joking.
Images
The Beard to End All Beards
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Sported by none other that Whitman himself. Seriously, you could get lost in that thing. We think there are gnomes living in there.
Whitman's Hand
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Well, not his hand. But his handwriting.
Books
Leaves of Grass
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Read it. Cover to cover. It's the most important book in American poetry. For realsies. (Oh, and "Pioneers! O Pioneers!" is on page 183.)