Letter, 1906 August 20, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Montgomery B. Gibbs. 1906.

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Letter, 1906 August 20, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Montgomery B. Gibbs. 1906.

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Discussed poem and everybody agrees it's beautyful, but wanted a Christmas poem that would carry the title "The Man with the Cross" and hopes he could comply.

1 p. ; 28 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 ...