Brian Fox Ellis

Walt Whitman's Lincoln Brian Fox Ellis

Walt was also more than just a fan of Abraham Lincoln, two of his most important poems, "Oh Captain, My Captain" and "When Lilacs Last Bloomed" were written as eulogies for this martyred hero. AND Lincoln was a fan of Whitman, often reading Whitman's "Leaves of Grass", to his clients at his law office in Springfield, Illinois. One of Whitman's best friends was in Ford's Theatre the night of Lincoln's assassination. As a journalist, Whitman wrote one of the most insightful eyewitness accounts of what happened that night, and what it means for American History. For the next eighteen years Whitman delivered lectures on Lincoln's birthday woven with his Civil War poems and recollections of their misty morning encounter during the war. Welcome to this fine jewel box theatre on Broadway, Mark Twain, Edna St. Vincent Mila, Andrew Carnegie, and Lincoln's secretaries, Nicholay and Hay are also in attendance. Here is your ticket to what Mark Twain called the most dramatic performance he ever witnessed. Without a doubt, Walt Whitman is one of the most important voices in American Literature, truly visionary and transformative. Please join me as we welcome the old gray beard poet, Walt Whitman... The author, Brian "Fox" Ellis, presents hundreds of performances each year as one of several 'friends of Lincoln'. He performs at The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, where Lincoln's final funeral took place. The book is aimed to please Lincoln fans and add depth to the field of Lincoln research, it not only walks the line between entertainment and scholarship, it dances between these worlds with a lively lilt! This book is part of a growing series of live performances available as audio-books, video, ebooks and print on demand paperbacks. Look for other books in the History In Person series. Subscribe to the Fox Tales International podcast and YouTube channel to collect all of these unauthorized autobiographies.