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Dramatic, lyrical, and beautiful, O Captain, My Captain tells the story of one of America'Äôs greatest poets and how he was inspired by one of America'Äôs greatest presidents. Whitman and Lincoln shared the national stage in Washington, DC, during the Civil War. Although the two men never met, Whitman often saw Lincoln'Äôs carriage on the road. The president was never far from the poet'Äôs mind, and Lincoln'Äôs 'Äúgrace under pressure'Äù was something Whitman returned to again and again in his poetry. Whitman witnessed Lincoln'Äôs second inauguration and mourned along with America as Lincoln'Äôs funeral train wound its way across the landscape to his final resting place. This recording includes the poem 'ÄúO Captain! My Captain!'Äù and an excerpt from 'ÄúWhen Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'Äôd, 'Äù as well as brief bios of Lincoln and Whitman, a timeline of Civil War events, endnotes, and a bibliography.

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Robert Burleigh was born and raised in Chicago and later attended DePauw University. He has been publishing children's books since the early 1990s. In addition to writing, he paints regularly under the name Burleigh Kronquist and has had his work shown individually and with groups in Chicago, New York, and elsewhere around the United States. Sterling Hundley was raised in Richmond, Virginia and went on to receive a degree in communications art and design from Virginia Commonwealth University. His work has appeared in multiple publications including Rolling Stone and The New York Times. He currently resides in Virginia where he is a professor in the Department of Communication Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University. Chris Lutkin has been an actor, director, writer, and teacher for over thirty years. He has narrated several audiobooks including The Early Stories of Philip K. Dick, 12 Stories by Edger Allen Poe, and The Red Badge of Courage. He currently resides in Detroit with his wife, Heather, and their rescue dog, Buckaroo. David Bendena is an actor and a musician based in the Midwest. His theatre experience over the past twenty years has taken him to stages throughout Chicago, Kansas City, and Michigan. He is very proud to be a member of the Actors Equity Association and to be a Resident Artist with the Purple Rose Theatre Company.

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