Content:
"Three Young Men's Deaths" was a piece that first appeared in April 1879 in
Cope's Tobacco Plant
, a trade magazine published in Liverpool, England, although Whitman wrote the piece in late 1878. He would later republish it in
Specimen Days & Collect
(1882–83) and
Complete Prose Works
(1892). This manuscript is a draft of the short introductory paragraph that appeared before the descriptions of the three young men, and includes a brief note to the proof reader at
Cope's
; the introduction remained unchanged in subsequent publications.
Content:
A draft of the first of three sections of "Three Young Men's Deaths," a piece that first appeared in April 1879 in
Cope's Tobacco Plant
of Liverpool, England. The piece would later be republished in
Specimen Days
and
Complete Prose Works
. The bracketed portion at the top of the manuscript was included in the original publication, and in a slightly altered form in subsequent publications. Whitman claims to be copying the text directly from a letter he sent to his mother on
28 July 1863
.
Content:
A galley proof with Whitman's handwritten corrections for a portion of "Three Young Men's Deaths," which was first published in
Cope's Tobacco Plant
of Liverpool, England, in April 1879. The piece would later be republished in
Specimen Days
and
Complete Prose Works
.
