Letter, 1917 November 7, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Chales Hanson Towne. 1917.

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Letter, 1917 November 7, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Chales Hanson Towne. 1917.

Asks Markham to send him one or two of his books with some sentiments written on the fly leaf to be sold at the bazaar at the Grand Central Palace.

1 p. ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7543069

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 ...

Towne, Charles Hanson, 1877-1949

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Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949) was an author, editor and popular New York celebrity. From 1924 to 1929 he edited many magazines including Smart Set, Delineator, Designer, McClure's, and Harper's Bazaar. He also wrote poetry, novels, plays, travel essays, song cycles, lyrics for musicals and operettas, memoirs, and newspaper columns; taught poetry at Columbia University; and toured with the Broadway hit, Life With Father. Much of his writing celebrated New York City and he was considered to be ...