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You used records rom the National Archives to look at the 51st Regiment, in which Walt’s brother George served. You alsolooked or evidence o another brother, Jesse, as a sailor in thecrew lists. What was your experience as researcher like?
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The
Letters
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Walt Whitman
Te Pet and His Famiy Were Active Crrespndents
by hilary parkinson
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Summer 2010
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Letters of Walt Whitman - Prologue - Summer 2010
In this Authors on the Record, Hilary Parkinson interviews Robert Roper on his book: "Now the Drum of War: Walt Whitman and his Brothers in the Civil War."
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