Integrated Catalog of Walt Whitman's Literary Manuscripts

Whitman Archive Title: 'Probably the largest Known animal'

Whitman Archive ID: amh.00005

Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library, Amherst College

Date: 1872–1892

Genre: poetry

Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten

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Content: These notes by Whitman, beginning "probably the largest known animal," concern a "rorqual," a "razorback" or "finback" whale. The relationship of these notes to Whitman's published work is unknown.

Integrated Catalog of Walt Whitman's Literary Manuscripts

Probably The Largest Known