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Trade paperback. 143 pages. Includes a bibliography of books about “Democratic Vistas”. Edited, with an lengthy introductory essay, by Ed Folsom. First edition, a title in the Iowa Whitman Series. A fearlessly honest analysis of Whitman’s failed dialectic of democracy and equality leading to an indictment of ‘reconstruction’. Folsom’s trenchant scrutiny of Whitman’s monograph raises important issues in light of the present state of the American polity. The inclusion of the original edition of ‘Democratic Vistas’ allows the modern reader to form his or her own opinions as to Whitman’s vision. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, fresh, unmarked and unread copy, like new. Fine.