Letter, 1927 April 18, Staten Island, N.Y., to Perry Walton, Boston.

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Letter, 1927 April 18, Staten Island, N.Y., to Perry Walton, Boston.

Writing on behalf of her husband, Edwin Markham, who is on a lecture/reading tour in California. His many committments will probably prevent him from writing a poem on the Sacco-Vanzetti case.

1 item (2 p.), in folder ; 26 cm.

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Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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California poet. Raised near Vacaville, became a schoolteacher in Coloma and later in Oakland. Became famous overnight with publication of "The Man with a Hoe," his protest against brutalization of labor, in "San Francisco Examiner" (January 15, 1899). Following this success Markham moved to New York where he scored another triumph with "Lincoln and Other Poems" (1901). He became a well-known reader of his own poems and lecturer of idealistic views, but his creative output for remainder of life ...

Markham, Anna Catherine, 1859-1938

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Wife of Edwin Markham and secretary of the Poetry Society of America. From the description of Letter, 1927 April 18, Staten Island, N.Y., to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184905008 ...

Walton, Perry, 1865-1941

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