In 1852, young Walt Whitman was hard at work writing two books.
After more than 160 years, the University of Iowa Press has reprinted this lost work..
Life and Adventures of Jack Engle is a short, rollicking story of orphanhood, avarice, and adventure in New York City.
One, a novel, would be published under a pseudonym and serialized in a newspaper.
In 1852, young Walt Whitman was hard at work writing two books