@article{wwqr 25744, author = {C. Carroll Hollis}, title = {Whitman's Sketches for the Spine of the 1856 Edition}, volume = {4}, year = {1986}, url = {https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/wwqr/article/id/25744/}, issue = {2/3}, doi = {10.13008/2153-3695.1144}, abstract = {<p>Introduces two little-known sketches Whitman made for the spine of the 1856 edition of Leaves of Grass and discusses Whitman's use of Emerson's words ("I greet you at the beginning of a great career") on the spine and Whitman's "canny and sometimes ruthless" self-promotional campaign.</p>}, month = {10}, pages = {75-76}, issn = {2153-3695}, publisher={University of Iowa}, journal = {Walt Whitman Quarterly Review} }