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    Walt Whitman was born in 1819 in New York and worked as a printer, teacher, and journalist before publishing the first edition of Leaves of Grass in 1855. He subsequently published revised editions in 1856 and 1867. Whitman had a stroke in 1873 that paralyzed him. He died in 1892 after a career as a poet best known for Leaves of Grass and for revolutionizing American poetry.

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    Walt Whitman was born in 1819 in New York and worked as a printer, teacher, and journalist before publishing the first edition of Leaves of Grass in 1855. He subsequently published revised editions in 1856 and 1867. Whitman had a stroke in 1873 that paralyzed him. He died in 1892 after a career as a poet best known for Leaves of Grass and for revolutionizing American poetry.

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    Walt Whitman was born in 1819 in New York and worked as a printer, teacher, and journalist before publishing the first edition of Leaves of Grass in 1855. He subsequently published revised editions in 1856 and 1867. Whitman had a stroke in 1873 that paralyzed him. He died in 1892 after a career as a poet best known for Leaves of Grass and for revolutionizing American poetry.

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    -Born May 31, 1819 in West Hills, Long Island, New York. - Whitman was born into a family that settled in North America in the first half of the 17th century. - Whitman first was employed as a printer in Brooklyn and New York City. - Then Whitman taught in Country schools in Long Island and became a journalist. - In 1846 he became editor of Brooklyn Daily Eagle. - Discharged from the eagle early 1848. -Built houses in New York from 1850-1855. - In 1855 Whitman printed the first edition of Leaves Of Grass. Then wrote the second edition in 1856. -Whitman was then unemployed in 1859. - Whitman published the 4th edition of Leaves Of Grass in 1867. -1873 Whitman had a stroke which partly paralyzed him. - The Complete Poems and Prose was published 1888 along with the ninth edition of Leaves Of Grass. Then in 1892 Walt Whitman died.

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