Rebel Souls : Walt Whitman and America's First Bohemians
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Published
New York : Da Capo Press, 2014.
Physical Description
xi, 339 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates: illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Nonfiction | 811 MARTIN 2014 | On Shelf |
Casper College Library - Main Collection | PS3231 .M19 2014 | On Shelf |
Laramie County Community College - Main Collection | PS3231 .M19 2014 | On Shelf |
Sweetwater Co. - Green River - Nonfiction | 811 MART | On Shelf |
Subjects
Library of Congress Subjects
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Bohemianism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Booth, Edwin, -- 1833-1893.
Ludlow, Fitz Hugh, -- 1836-1870.
Menken, Adah Isaacs, -- 1835-1868.
New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Ward, Artemus, -- 1834-1867.
Whitman, Walt, -- 1819-1892 -- Friends and associates.
Bohemianism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Booth, Edwin, -- 1833-1893.
Ludlow, Fitz Hugh, -- 1836-1870.
Menken, Adah Isaacs, -- 1835-1868.
New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Ward, Artemus, -- 1834-1867.
Whitman, Walt, -- 1819-1892 -- Friends and associates.
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Published
New York : Da Capo Press, 2014.
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Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
"In the shadow of the Civil War, a circle of radicals in a rowdy saloon changed American society and helped set Walt Whitman on the path to poetic immortality. Rebel Souls is the first book ever written about the colorful group of artists-- regulars at Pfaff's Saloon in Manhattan--rightly considered America's original Bohemians. Besides a young Whitman, the circle included actor Edwin Booth; trailblazing stand-up comic Artemus Ward; psychedelic drug pioneer and author Fitz Hugh Ludlow; and brazen performer Adah Menken, famous for her Naked Lady routine. Central to their times, the artists managed to forge connections with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mark Twain, and even Abraham Lincoln. This vibrant tale, packed with original research, offers the pleasures of a great group biography like The Banquet Years or The Metaphysical Club. Justin Martin shows how this first bohemian culture--imported from Paris to a dingy Broadway saloon--seeded and nurtured an American tradition of rebel art that thrives to this day. "--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Martin, J. (2014). Rebel Souls: Walt Whitman and America's First Bohemians . Da Capo Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Martin, Justin. 2014. Rebel Souls: Walt Whitman and America's First Bohemians. Da Capo Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Martin, Justin. Rebel Souls: Walt Whitman and America's First Bohemians Da Capo Press, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Martin, Justin. Rebel Souls: Walt Whitman and America's First Bohemians Da Capo Press, 2014.
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