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Walt Whitman's "Lively Corpse" in 1871: The American Press on the Rumor of Whitman's Death

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Introduces and reprints all of the extant newspaper articles concerning the 1871 rumor that Whitman had died in a railroad accident.

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How to Cite: Richardson, T. (1997) “Walt Whitman's "Lively Corpse" in 1871: The American Press on the Rumor of Whitman's Death”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review. 15(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1543