Part Two: The Civil War and Beyond (1861-1892)
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Special | 1h 29m 20s | Whitman moves to Washington to care for Civil War soldiers but grows disillusioned. (1h 29m 20s)
Part One: The Early Years (1819-1860)
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Special | 1h 27m 35s | Walt Whitman rises from a hardscrabble boyhood to write Leaves of Grass in 1855. (1h 27m 35s)
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