Letter, 1899 November 21, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Doubleday & McClure. 1899.

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Letter, 1899 November 21, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Doubleday & McClure. 1899.

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Publisher inquires about the introduction and asks to submit at once to ensure holiday sale of the little book.

1 p. ; 22 cm.

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 ...