Publisher's Synopsis
Drum Taps is the complete Civil War poem collection by Walt Whitman, including the celebrated Oh, Captain, My - Captain!, and augmented with Whitman's essays from the period on subjects such as Secession, Abraham Lincoln, - working in the Civil War hospitals, and the assassination of the president. - For the first time ever, each poem is set on a single page, accompanied with stunning artwork from the period: bright, - rich, full-color engravings from Currier & Ives; the brooding and detailed photography of Alexander Gardner and - Matthew Brady; watercolors from the battfield by Winslow Homer and other famous artists; and classic photographs and art from America's richest collections, including the Library of Congress, the National Gallery, the George - Eastman House, and many other collections. - With gorgeous, old-fashioned hot type, beautifully restored period artwork, and an authoritative introduction by Civil - War historian and Pulitzer Prize-winner James McPherson, this is the richest edition of these moving and thoughtful - poems by America's greatest poet ever published.
