People of trans

americas poet

whitman

Born Long Island NY, grew up in Brooklyn

Whitman

apprenticed for a printer at a young age

whitman

manly health and training 

by whitman, nude sunbathing, eating only meat, long beard

wrote patriotic poems for the soldiers during the civil war

whitman

volunteered at the army hospital

whitman

Wrotes Leaves of Grass which was a highly praised collection of poetry (emerson liked it)

whitman

large tomb with many flowers

whitman

known for being ugly

thoreau

set fire to 300 acres of land

thoreau

anarchist

thoreau

wrote civil disobedience

thoreau

did not live to see the end of the civil war

thoreau

wrote a plea for john brown

thoreau

did not get to travel much

thoreau

died from thunderstorm and has simple grave

thoreau

“sell your clothes and keep your thoughts”

thoreau

born in boston

emerson

graduated from harvard

emerson and thoreau

works of emerson

self-reliance, on slavery, nature, the over soul

made his living as a lecturer

emerson

famous speech at smithsonian

emerson

toured europe and visited egypt

emerson

emerson quotes

based on self thinking and self awareness

thoreau quotes

life lessons, nature