Letter 1906, February 23, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Gaylord Wilshire. 1906.

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Letter 1906, February 23, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Gaylord Wilshire. 1906.

He has had demands for copies of Man with the Hoe on phongraph records. He would like him to make arrangements with the Columbia Phonograph Co. soon.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 18-25 cm.

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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 ...

Wilshire, Gaylord, 1861-1927

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