Letter, 1920 February 5, Winter Park, Florida [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], My dear friend [Staten Island] / Irving Bacheller. 1920.

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Letter, 1920 February 5, Winter Park, Florida [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], My dear friend [Staten Island] / Irving Bacheller. 1920.

Asks if he could hold a lecture at Rollins College and at what price in March; would also arrange lectures in Daytona, St. Peters ans Jachsonville if he wants to.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 28 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 ...

Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950

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Addison Irving Bacheller was an author and journalist, probably best remembered for his pioneering literary syndicate. Born in New York to an old New England family - his mother was descended from John Alden and Priscilla Mullins - he was named after authors Joseph Addison and Washington Irving. He graduated from St. Lawrence University and within a few years had founded his syndicate, which was both profitable and ground-breaking, and brought works from authors like Stephen Crane and Arthur Con...