The Soldier's Friend: Walt Whitman's Extraordinary Service in the American Civil War

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Gary Golio E. B. Lewis

The Soldier's Friend

Walt Whitman's Extraordinary Service in the American Civil War

Gary Golio, E. B. Lewis

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Calkins Creek
15 October 2024

Biography: historical, political & military; Poetry (Children's&YA); History & the past: general interest (Children's&YA)

Walt Whitman is celebrated as an iconic American poet, but few know of the crucial and heroic role he played tending to the wounded and dying in Civil War hospitals. This nonfiction picture book highlights Whitman's compassion and teaches an important lesson about empathy, making this a perfect social-emotional learning title for young readers.

A Kirkus Best Picture Book of the Year

Walt Whitman is celebrated as an iconic American poet, but few know of the crucial and heroic role he played tending to the wounded and dying in Civil War hospitals. This nonfiction picture book highlights Whitman's compassion and teaches an important lesson about empathy, making this a perfect social-emotional learning title for young readers.

★ Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★ Publishers Weekly, starred review

In December of 1862, Walt Whitman left Brooklyn, New York, for the war-torn South after seeing his brother's name on a list of wounded Union soldiers. What he found on the battlefields completely changed his life, as he came face to face with not only the wounded, but the dying. Whitman spent the next three years working part-time in Washington, DC, visiting and ministering to soldiers in the city's many military hospitals. Caring for the sick and dying was not easy, but Whitman was committed to his chosen service. He became known as ""the soldiers' friend,"" and was bound-in his own way-to save and heal the America he wrote about and loved so deeply.

New York Times-bestselling author Gary Golio and Caldecott Honor artist E. B. Lewis bring Whitman's story and his passion for America to life, complete with quotes from Whitman's works, and extensive backmatter, which includes a bibliography and photographs.

By: Gary Golio
Illustrated by: E. B. Lewis
Imprint: Calkins Creek
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 287mm, Width: 251mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 526g
ISBN: 9781635925876
ISBN 10: 1635925878
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 15 October 2024
Recommended Age: From 7 to 10 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

A visual artist, musician, and psychotherapist, Gary Golio is the author of the New York Times-bestselling picture book Jimi- Sounds Like a Rainbow, which received the 2011 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. His other books, most of which profile important artists, include When Bob Met Woody- The Story of the Young Bob Dylan; Strange Fruit- Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song; Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge; and Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem. The recipient of a Caldecott Honor and an Orbis Pictus Award, along with many others, E. B. Lewis is the illustrator of more than seventy books for children. His Calkins Creek titles include Invincible, Seeking Freedom, and Lizzie Demands a Seat, which won Bank Street College of Education's Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for excellence in nonfiction, along with many other honors. He is also the illustrator of Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem, another collaboration with author Gary Golio.

Reviews for The Soldier's Friend: Walt Whitman's Extraordinary Service in the American Civil War

"★ ""In Golio’s thoughtful and tender presentation, Whitman is the consummate friend: 'He met their eyes with his, touched or held their hands, and read to them even if they seemed not to hear.' Lewis’ richly textured watercolor paintings of soldiers lying wounded on the battlefield and in the hospital, of city scenes and moonlit nights, together with images of the gray-bearded Whitman both in action and in contemplation, convey the heart of this beautiful story. In a time of strife in contemporary America, this emotive story centers empathy and kindness."" —Kirkus Reviews, starred review ""In describing how Whitman devotedly gave aid and comfort to thousands of wounded Civil War soldiers as a volunteer nurse, Golio pays tribute to a great soul who matched deep wells of compassion with equally profound love for both his country and its people. Brief pull quotes from his poems and letters give the poet a personal voice, and his gray-bearded figure—at once approachable and charismatic—lights up Lewis’ hospital scenes."" —Booklist"