Letter, 1899 April 28, New Haven, Connecticut [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham,[Staten Island] / Anita Trueman. 1899.

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Letter, 1899 April 28, New Haven, Connecticut [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham,[Staten Island] / Anita Trueman. 1899.

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She feels inspired by "The Man With the Hoe"; she introduces herself as an advocate of the Single Tax; draws connection between the poem and Millet's great picture; philosophizes humanity; argues that Single Tax Cause needs writers and poets and hopes Markham would be part of it.

4 p. on 2 leaves ; 22 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 ...

Trueman, Anita.

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