{"product_id":"schoberlein-stefan-whitman-3pb","title":"Schöberlein, Stefan \u0026 Turpin, Zachary: Whitman's Southern Sojourn","description":"\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Iowa Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: December 16, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalt Whitman's 1848 stint in New Orleans was a crucial moment of development for the poet. Working for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Crescent\u003c\/i\u003e, a new local newspaper, Whitman spent his days strolling through the multiracial city and turning his impressions into prose sketches, news items, and fiery editorials. While in the southern metropolis, the young journalist brushed shoulders with American soldiers returning from Mexico, cheered on European revolutions in the French Quarter, and explored raunchy performances at the St. Charles Theatre. Yet 1848 was also the year Whitman began lobbying for \"Free Soil,\" after encountering in New Orleans, Creole citizens, enslaved Black people, and the slaveholder who would become America's next president.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFar from some brief escape, New Orleans was a significant milestone in Whitman's development as a political firebrand, as well as a major step for a professional journalist on the rise. Through a wealth of new texts, contexts, and personalities, Stefan Schöberlein and Zachary Turpin paint a vivid picture of a writer on the verge of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, embracing the contradictions and the multitudes of New Orleans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45484158386199,"sku":"9781685970475","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/91911s2QtaL._SL1500.jpg?v=1788648182","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/schoberlein-stefan-whitman-3pb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}