Historedia
Person

Walt Whitman

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1855

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Walt Whitman, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Walt Whitman publishes the first edition of Leaves of Grass

    1855

    Role: Author and Publisher

    1. July 4, 1855 · BrooklynSelf-Publication

      Whitman financed and printed the first edition himself, surprising his brothers with the completed book in late June 1855.

Sources

  1. Walt Whitman Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-02
  2. Leaves of Grass Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-15