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He was born in West Hills NYC and was 1 of 9 children
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Walt got taken out of school to help out with his fathers farm
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He loved children and wanted to help out with there education
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After 5 years of teaching he decided to quit and started to write about his adventures
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He self published his first poetic book. At the time it was a very controversial piece
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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
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He dies at the age of 72 in his house from a stroke
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He revived a $5,000 award for his book "Leafs of Grass''
