Letter, 1915 June 2, Los Angeles, California [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Paul H. Dowling. 1915.

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Letter, 1915 June 2, Los Angeles, California [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Paul H. Dowling. 1915.

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Sends him pictures from his visit; had to think of his poem "THe Lizard" when he saw one the other day and goes on to say that all those creatures would thank him for it if they could.

1 p. on 1 leaf; 22 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 ...

Dowlen, Paul H.

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