Whittier, John Greenleaf: Early Life
Early Life
Whittier received a scanty education but read widely. An introduction at the age of 14 to Robert Burns's poetry inspired him to write verse; his first poems were published (1826) in the Newburyport
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- Abolitionist and Poet
- Early Life
- Bibliography
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