1872 Edition
Title Page
Washington, D. C. [New York, Electrotyped by Smith & McDougal] 1872.
In 1872, the 1871 edition was reissued. With a separate title page and pagination, 170 pages of Passage to India were added to this volume. Whitman's hopes for reconstruction after the Civil War dominated the book, along with themes of national identity, and social solidarity as well as self-consciousness.