BIB_ID
312282
Accession number
MA 3851.9
Creator
Cushman, Howard.
Display Date
1968 Oct. 30.
Credit line
Gift of E. B. White, 1971.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 28 cm
Notes
Headed "Yarp Dept."
Part of a collection of manuscript drafts and source material related to E. B. White's The trumpet of the swan. Items in the collection have been described individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of manuscript drafts and source material related to E. B. White's The trumpet of the swan. Items in the collection have been described individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Gift of E. B. White in 1971.
Summary
Concerning the call of the trumpeter swan, defending his assertion that it is more of a "yarp" than a trumpet. Musing on the reasons early naturalists such as Audubon or Forbush may have called it a trumpet and reflecting on the effect that captivity has on wild animals, including trumpeter swans, and their natural calls.
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