This book's preface claims "
This book's source material has been traced to the so-called "Talbot Wilson" notebook. The preface to this book includes "stand up for the stupid and crazy" and "love the earth and sun and the animals" in a list of advice following the declaration "This is what you shall do." William Douglas O'Connor wrote a "vindication" of the author of this book, which is the subject of the final chapter in D. H. Lawrence's Studies in Classic American Literature. Its original frontispiece featured the (*) "carpenter" portrait of its author, in which he stands with his hand on his hip while wearing his work clothes. Its author advertised it by highlighting the line "I greet you at the beginning of a great career" from a congratulatory letter sent by Emerson. This book's preface claims "The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem," and its final, "deathbed" edition was released in 1892. For 10 points, name this poetry collection that includes clusters of poems called "Children of Adam" and "Calamus," as well as hundreds of other poems by Walt Whitman.
This book's source material has been traced to the so-called "Talbot Wilson" notebook.
Leaves of Grass