Letter, 1909 October 7, Garden City, New York [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], My dear Sir [Island] / Charles Noel Douglas. 1909.

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Letter, 1909 October 7, Garden City, New York [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], My dear Sir [Island] / Charles Noel Douglas. 1909.

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Sends him his book of verse in the hope he would look at it and give him a favorable endorsment for its publication.

2 p. on 2 leaves ; 22 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Douglas, Charles Noel, 1863-1920

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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 ...