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William White, 3 vols. [New York: New York University Press, 1978], 1:263). 28.
William White (New York: New York University Press, 1978), 3:676. 15.
White, William. “More about the ‘Publication’ of the First Leaves of Grass.”
White, William. “The First (1855) Leaves of Grass: How Many Cop- ies?”
White, William. “An Unknown Whitman ms on the 1855 Leaves.”
Library of Latin Literature," "Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture: Multimedia Archive," "The William
Archive," and, of course, "The Walt Whitman Archive," about which I'll say more in a moment. " The William
Benton is the pen name of William Pannapacker, an associate professor of English at Hope College in Holland
The site also includes transcriptions (but not facsimiles) of the two British editions compiled by William
vast quantity of music inspired by Whitman (e.g., the settings of Charles Ives and Ralph Vaughan Williams
the most active supporters of Whitman during his lifetime—Richard Maurice Bucke, John Burroughs, William
identifying bright colors and trademarks, each arguing for its uniqueness, saw endless rows of plain white