Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was an American journalist and poet, best known for his collection of poems entitled Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855. He remains an influential figure in American literature, whose writings reflect how deeply affected he was by the times in which he lived: "Everything Whitman wrote centered around the notion of democracy" (Mead, 555).
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