Chronology Entry
Year
1847
Text
Exhibition in New York with a Chinese junk.
Brookyln daily eagle ; July 14.
Walt Whitman first dismissed it as a hoax, 'a humbug from stem to stern'. Then on August 6, accepting the Chinese crew as authentic, he reported the visit of two of them to Greenport, Long Island, by train, and he wrote of their impressions of American railways ; 'Hesing and Sum Teen…, for the first time since their arrival, exhibited astonishment and delight… The speed of the train absolutely brought their queues to a complete perpendicular with fright'.
Brookyln daily eagle ; July 14.
Walt Whitman first dismissed it as a hoax, 'a humbug from stem to stern'. Then on August 6, accepting the Chinese crew as authentic, he reported the visit of two of them to Greenport, Long Island, by train, and he wrote of their impressions of American railways ; 'Hesing and Sum Teen…, for the first time since their arrival, exhibited astonishment and delight… The speed of the train absolutely brought their queues to a complete perpendicular with fright'.
Mentioned People (1)
Whitman, Walt
(Long Island, New York 1819-1892 Camden, N.J.) : Dichter, Schriftsteller, Journalist
Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1993 |
Li, Xilao. Walt Whitman and Asian American writers. In : Walt Whitman quarterly review ; vol. 10, no 4 (1993). http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1379&context=wwqr. |
Publication / WhiW75 |