Note 19 — WALT WHITMAN’S CHILDREN

In a conversation reported by Horace Traubel (“In re Walt Whitman,” p. 34), George Whitman, the poet’s brother, seems to take much the same general view as Pete. He says: “Although I am asked that question, I am confident I never knew Walt to fall in love with young girls, or even to show them marked attention. He did not seem to affect the girls.”