Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819 in Long Island, New York. His father was a Quaker carpenter. He started out as a printer's apprentice, and he later became a teacher and journeyman printer. He is best-known as the author of his controversial collection of poems, "Leaves of Grass." Read more about Walt Whitman.

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