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Specimen days in America / Walt Whitman ; introduction by Gavin Ewart.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC85.W5964 882s 1979 Whitman copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
- Whitman, Walt.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
- Hospitals.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Civilian relief.
- Civilian relief.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--War work.
- War work.
- United States--Description and travel.
- Civilian war relief.
- Travel.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- History.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, 3-253 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Manufacture:
- [Chatham] : W. & J. Mackay Limited, Chatham.
- Place of Publication:
- London : The Folio Society, 1979.
- Summary:
- Text contains a biography of the author in the introduction.
- Notes:
- "First published as: Specimen Days and Collect in 1882-3. This revised English edition in 1887."; title page verso.
- "Printed in Great Britain by W & J Mackay Limited, Chatham"; title page verso and page [1], at end. Additional production information on page [1], at end.
- Map of the United States from the east coast to the Dakotas and Colorado on both end flaps.
- Local Notes:
- Whitman Collection copy in slip case.
- Cited in:
- Myerson, J., Walt Whitman, A11.8, page 232
- Other Format:
- Online version: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Specimen days in America.
- OCLC:
- 5702724
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