Walt Whitman

Release Date: 2008-04-14

Runtime: 109

Languages: English

Rating: 5

Votes: 1

Genres: Documentary | History

Director: Mark Zwonitzer

Description: This American Experience 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 fam...This American Experience 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.Read More

Production Companies:

PBS American Experience

PBS