try these
by doreen peri
Posted to Utterances on 2002-05-25 10:36:00
Parent message is 192608
links
http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=127&CFID=9330941&CFTOKEN=51764731 (sorta looks like vincy in that sketch, huh?)
http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/waltwhitman/
http://www.liglobal.com/walt/waltbio.html
http://www.selfknowledge.com/461au.htm
http://utut.essortment.com/waltwhitmanbio_pmq.htm
http://www.top-biography.com/9036-Walt%20Whitman/
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/wwhitman.htm
(i am pretty sure he was well respected during his own era, though doing your own research is a good idea… here’s a start with these links)