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[A song about Major Eatherly] : autograph manuscript of the poem : place not specified, undated [1961 or earlier].

BIB_ID
373385
Accession number
MA 5142.132
Creator
Wain, John.
Display Date
undated [1961 or earlier].
Credit line
Bequest of Kenneth A. Lohf, 2001.
Description
1 item (10 p.) ; 27.9 cm
Notes
Date is based on the publication of the poem in 1961.
Includes corrections.
Sections in pencil and black ink are in Wain's autograph; sections in blue ink are in the hand of an amanuensis.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and manuscripts of war poetry primarily related to World War II.
Provenance
Kenneth A. Lohf.
Summary
A working draft of his poem about Major [Claude] Eatherly, a pilot involved in the bombing of Hiroshima.