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November 5, 2009 | Jonathan Shipley

Walt Whitman: Poet, Essayist, Journalist, Blue Jean Salesman

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Have you seen the newest Levi's commercials yet? They've used Walt Whitman's poem "Pioneers! O Pioneers!." You can see the ads here and here.

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