Letter, 1928 August 23, Salem, Oregon [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham] White Prophet, [Staten Island] / Guy Fitch Phelps. 1928.

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Letter, 1928 August 23, Salem, Oregon [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham] White Prophet, [Staten Island] / Guy Fitch Phelps. 1928.

Cherishes knowing Markham; philosophical letter that touches on various subjects.

4 p. on 4 leaves ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7538820

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 ...

Phelps, Guy Fitch, 1872-1933

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