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Walt Whitman and the Trimbles: New Zealand, the First Concordance of Leaves of Grass, and the Dunedin Public Library

Author: Joel Myerson

  • Walt Whitman and the Trimbles: New Zealand, the First Concordance of Leaves of Grass, and the Dunedin Public Library

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    Walt Whitman and the Trimbles: New Zealand, the First Concordance of Leaves of Grass, and the Dunedin Public Library

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Recounts the history of the Trimble family (William, his wife Henrietta, his daughter Dorothy, and his second wife Annie) in New Zealand and their involvement in collecting Whitman books and undertaking (in 1903 or 1904) the first concordance of Whitman's work; tracks how the Trimble Whitman collection came to be housed at the Dunedin Public Library.

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Myerson, J., (2006) “Walt Whitman and the Trimbles: New Zealand, the First Concordance of Leaves of Grass, and the Dunedin Public Library”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 24(1), 20-32. doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1806

Rights: Copyright © 2006 Joel Myerson

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01 Jul 2006
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