Letter, 1911 March 19, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Charles Marion Town. 1911.

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Letter, 1911 March 19, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Charles Marion Town. 1911.

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Asks if he could compose another poems like "The Great Guest Comes" for this year's Christmas issue. Heard about his ballads based on the old French legends and asks to see them.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 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 ...