• Walt Whitman, in full Walter Whitman, is an American poet, journalist, and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, is a landmark in the history of American literature. • His Notable Works: - Calamus, - Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, - Democratic Vistas, - Drum-Taps, - I Sing the Body Electric, - O Captain! My Captain!, - Song of Myself, - Specimen Days & Collect, - Starting from Paumanok. Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.