• Camden's Compliment to Walt Whitman by Various

  • By: Mentor New York
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Camden's Compliment to Walt Whitman by Various

By: Mentor New York
  • Summary

  • On the occasion of Walt Whitman's 70th Birthday a "Committee of Citizens" in Camden, NJ held a special commemoration in his honor. This slim collection includes a autobiographical note by Whitman and his response to those present as well as a full record of the the speeches and appreciations offered, along with the letters and telegrams that poured in from all over the world. Contributors include: Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Ernest Rhys, Horace Traubel, Hallam Tennyson, William Rossetti, Gabriel Sarazin, William Morris, Rudolf Schmidt, William Sloane Kennedy, John G Whittier, John Addington Symonds, and many more. - Summary by Ed Humpal
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Episodes
  • By Wire: Then, Postscript
    13 mins
  • Letters: Over-Sea -- Over-Land
    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Addresses, Part 2
    42 mins

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