 Title page, Reprint edition | |
| Author | Walt Whitman |
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| Genre | Temperance |
Publication date | 1842 |
Franklin Evans; or The Inebriate, is a temperance novel by Walt Whitman first published in 1842. [1]
| Title page, Reprint edition | |
| Author | Walt Whitman |
|---|---|
| Genre | Temperance |
Publication date | 1842 |
Franklin Evans; or The Inebriate, is a temperance novel by Walt Whitman first published in 1842. [1]
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