The Journalist, 1844
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Worked for several
different newspapers
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Wrote short fiction
from 1841-1848
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Themes and
techniques borrowed
from Poe and
Hawthorne
In 1838-9, Whitman founds and publishes
The Long
Islander; writes for the Long Island Democrat.
1842 Whitman works as an editor for New York City’s
Aurora
and publishes
Franklin Evans: The inebriate
