Letter, 1917April 9, Garden City, New York [to] Mrs. [Edwin]Markham, [Staten Island] / Russell Doubleday. 1917.

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Letter, 1917April 9, Garden City, New York [to] Mrs. [Edwin]Markham, [Staten Island] / Russell Doubleday. 1917.

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Publisher agrees to go ahead with "A Book on Poetry" and "A Book of Plain Talks on Poetry"; believes even during war time the people would buy books.

1 p. ; 22 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Doubleday, Russell, 1872-1949

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Doubleday, Page & Co.

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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 ...