Discovering The Impact Of Walter Whitman In Nursing
Walter Whitman was a very influential American poet
, essayist, journalist, and humanist. He had very strong opinions regarding Transcendentalism and realism throughout his life.
Walter was also very influential in the transition from Transcendentalism to realism. He was nickname the father of free verse because his work was very controversial and addressed the un-discussed topics of the time.
Whitman was born on Long Island on May 31, 1819. His parents, Walter and Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, were very interested in the Quaker way of life.
Walter was the second among nine children. As he shared his name with his father, many people called him 'Walt' to distinguish who they were referring to.
Three of Walt's brothers were named after American leaders Andrew Jackson, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. The youngest was named Edward and the oldest was named Jesse.
When Walt was four, the family moved to Brooklyn hoping for a great strike in investment. However, they were forced to move several times due to investment losses.
These difficult financial times were very hard for the family. Walt remembered his childhood as a very restless and unhappy time.
He also mentioned that his most cherished childhood memory was when the Marquis de Lafayette kissed him on the cheek during a celebration on the fourth of July. By the time that he was eleven, Walt had finished his formal schooling.
Due to his large family's difficult financial situation, he found work as an office boy for two lawyers and as a printer's devil for the Long Island newspaper the Patriot. This paper was edited by the famous Samuel E. Clements.
It was during this time that Walt learned how the printing press worked and the typesetting. On occasion he was even asked to write fill articles for the paper.
Walt worked as the printer's devil during the time that Clements had his controversial debut. Clements and two friends tried to dig up the corpse of Elias Hick to make a plaster mold of Hicks' head.
Clements left the paper soon after this incident. Shortly after Clements left, Whitman left to work for a different print, Erastus Worthington, who worked in Brooklyn.
He decided to stay in Brooklyn and work for Alden Spooner, the editor of the Whig weekly newspaper the Long-Island Star, even though his family moved back to West Hills. During this time Whitman joined a debating society, attending theater performances, and was constantly found in the library.
Walt also published some of his first pieces of poetry through the New York Mirror. When he turned sixteen, he moved the New York City to work as a compositor.
He tried to find a second job, but there were few available because of the struggling economy and a fire that ruined much of the printing and publishing part of town. He moved to Hempstead, Long Island and was reunited with his family in 1836.
While in Hempstead, Walt tried to be a teacher but was ultimately unsuccessful and unsatisfied with the job. In the spring of 1838 Walt moved back to Huntington, New York whereupon he founded his own newspaper.
His newspaper was entitled the Long Islander and he established himself as the publisher, editor, pressman, and distributor.
He was one of the first newspapers to offer daily delivery of the newspaper to various homes. After ten successful months, he decided to sell the Long Islander to E.O. Crowell.
Before the summer, Walk became the typesetter for the Long Island Democrat in Jamaica, Queens under the editor James J. Brenton. After his time as a typesetter, another attempt at teaching, and working for several other publications Walt became the editor of the Aurora in 1842.
In 1846 he became the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle as well. Throughout his lifetime he continued to write freelance fiction and poetry.
When he reached the age of 37 Walt began to write his most famous work Leaves of Grass. Leaves of Grass was a collection of poetry that he would continue to work on until his death.
By 1860 the Civil War was beginning. To encourage patriotism among the North, Walt wrote the poem "Beat! Beat! Drums!"
Later, when Walt was reading a list of wounded soldiers he saw what he thought may have been a reference to his brother. Concerned, he traveled south to find and help his brother if necessary.
Even though he eventually found his brother with a small scar on his cheek, the other wounded soldiers had a big impact on Whitman. He became a volunteer nurse for the army hospitals where he had a huge influence on the men there.
by: Tom Selwick
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