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Walt Whitman 1819-1892 Born and raised in New York (Manhattan) His poetry broke every rule of traditional poetry Volume of poetry: Leaves of Grass (9 editions)(1855) Whitman life In1819, born in the village of west hills Long Island At four, family moved to Brooklyn, New York Attend public school Apprenticed to a printer Returned to long island in 1835 and taught in country schools Edited a newspaper in Huntington Back to new York city to work as a printer and journalist Experienced various jobs Began writing a new kind of poetry (free verse) Died in1892 Walt Whitman An American poet, es