Simply enter the word you wish to find and the search engine will search for every instance of the word in the journals. For example: Fight. All instances of the use of the word fight will show up on the results page.
Using an asterisk (*) will increase the odds of finding the results you are seeking. For example: Fight*. The search results will display every instance of fight, fights, fighting, etc. More than one wildcard may be used. For example: *ricar*. This search will return most references to the Aricara tribe, including Ricara, Ricares, Aricaris, Ricaries, Ricaree, Ricareis, and Ricarra. Using a question mark (?) instead of an asterisk (*) will allow you to search for a single character. For example, r?n will find all instances of ran and run, but will not find rain or ruin.
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Searching for a specific phrase may help narrow down the results. Rather long phrases are no problem. For example: "This white pudding we all esteem".
Because of the creative spellings used by the journalists, it may be necessary to try your search multiple times. For example: P?ro*. This search brings up numerous variant spellings of the French word pirogue, "a large dugout canoe or open boat." Searching for P?*r*og?* will bring up other variant spellings. Searching for canoe or boat also may be helpful.
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introduction is adapted from Jason Stacy, Walt Whitman's Multitudes: Labor Reform and Persona in Whitman's Journalism
the labeling method employed by Herbert Bergman in The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman: The Journalism
Knopf 1995 Walt Whitman The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman: The Journalism, Volume 1: 1834-1846 Herbert
The publication of the story in the August 1841 issue of the journal seems to mark the beginning of the
journal's extended publishing relationship with Whitman and the official start of his fiction-writing
For Whitman's contributions to the New York Aurora , see " Whitman's Journalism ."
Introduction to The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman: The Journalism . Vol. 1: 1834–1846.
Margaret Fuller's New York Journalism: A Biographical Essay and Key Writings .