Letter, 1901 November 6, Chicago, Illinois [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Edith Lockersteen, Assistant Editor. 1901.

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Letter, 1901 November 6, Chicago, Illinois [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Edith Lockersteen, Assistant Editor. 1901.

Asks if he, as a reading friend, would submit a list of 30 new books, which have appeared during the last year, have given most pleasure of profit.

1 p. ; 28 cm.

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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 ...

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