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Walt Whitman's notebooks...



Walt Whitman (1818-1892) was an American poet, essayist
and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition
between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating
both views in his works.

Walt Whitman Notebooks have been scanned and are available
online at Poet at Work: Walt Whitman Notebooks 1850s -1860s



One of the leather-bound notebooks
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Walt Whitman, 1887
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Walt Whitman cardboard butterfly

LOC's collection offers access to four
Walt Whitman Notebooks and a cardboard butterfly
that disappeared from the Library of Congress in
1942. They were returned on February 24, 1995

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