Letter 1917, September 14, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / John Jerome Rooney. 1917.

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Letter 1917, September 14, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / John Jerome Rooney. 1917.

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Your poem inspired Mrs. Rooney and myself. I was recovering from a severe attack of pleurisy. Mrs.R gave a pad and pencil and wanted me to write a poem on you. It is in The Call" with a picture.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 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 ...

Rooney, John Jerome, 1866-1934

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