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Probably The Largest Known
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.
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