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Walt is born
He was born in West Hills NYC and was 1 of 9 children -
Taken out of school
Walt got taken out of school to help out with his fathers farm -
Started teaching
He loved children and wanted to help out with there education -
Started jurnalism
After 5 years of teaching he decided to quit and started to write about his adventures -
Leaves Of Grass
He self published his first poetic book. At the time it was a very controversial piece -
Insparation
He got inspiration for one of his more famous poems "Pioneers! O Pioneers!" while volunteering to be a nurse at a hospital for wounded battle soldiers -
Passes
He dies at the age of 72 in his house from a stroke -
He got Noticed
He revived a $5,000 award for his book "Leafs of Grass''
