[Letter] 1916, December 30 New York City [to] "Poet," Mr. Edwin Markham, West New Brighton [Staten Island] / Blanche S. Wagstaff. 1916.

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[Letter] 1916, December 30 New York City [to] "Poet," Mr. Edwin Markham, West New Brighton [Staten Island] / Blanche S. Wagstaff. 1916.

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Advance sheets of newest book and requests a photo. Also an unpublished poetic tribute to Markham, entitled "Edwin Markham."

2 p. on 2 leaves ; 25 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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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 ...

Wagstaff, Blanche Shoemaker, 1888-

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